negatable
Able to contradict
Negatable describes something that can be denied, disproved, or rendered null.
A claim is negatable if evidence could show it false.
In logic and programming, a negatable value can be switched to its opposite: The boolean flag is negatable with a single operator.
The word appears most often in technical and philosophical contexts.
Capable of being disproven
- contestableAble to be challenged
- deniableAble to be disputed
- arguableOpen to dispute
- debatableOpen to question
questionable · challengeable · controvertible · rebuttable · disprovable · falsifiable · doubtful · uncertain
Statement expressing a judgment
- statementExpressed claim or fact
- assertionConfident statement of fact
- predicateSentence's non-subject portion
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
premise · clause · claim · contrapositive · antecedent · consequent · biconditional · disjunction
Capable of being reversed
- retractableAble to draw inward
- revocableAble to be canceled
- rescindableCapable of annulment
- annullableAble to be invalidated
voidable · cancellable · repealable · reversible · withdrawable · overturnable · nullifiable · amendable
Disposition toward doubt
- nihilismRejection of objective meaning
- relativismContext-dependent truth doctrine
- empiricismKnowledge through observation
- deconstructionAnalysis exposing self-contradiction
dialectics · antithesis · refutation · counterexample · disproof · epistemology
refutable
Capable of being disproven
- contestableAble to be challenged
- deniableAble to be disputed
- arguableOpen to dispute
debatable · questionable · challengeable · controvertible · rebuttable · disprovable · falsifiable · doubtful · uncertain · dubitable
proposition
Statement expressing a judgment
- statementExpressed claim or fact
- assertionConfident statement of fact
- predicateSentence's non-subject portion
hypothesis · premise · clause · claim · contrapositive · antecedent · consequent · biconditional · disjunction · conjunction
undoable
Capable of being reversed
- retractableAble to draw inward
- revocableAble to be canceled
- rescindableCapable of annulment
annullable · voidable · cancellable · repealable · reversible · withdrawable · overturnable · nullifiable · amendable · modifiable
skepticism
Disposition toward doubt
- nihilismRejection of objective meaning
- relativismContext-dependent truth doctrine
- empiricismKnowledge through observation
deconstruction · dialectics · antithesis · refutation · counterexample · disproof · epistemology
negatableirrefutable
Impossible to disprove
undeniable · incontrovertible · indisputable · tautological · self-evident
negatableabsolute
Total, without qualification
certain · incontestable · unquestionable · fixed · established
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