refutable

Open to disproof

Refutable describes something that can be disproven or shown to be false.

A refutable claim is one open to challenge by evidence or argument: His theory was easily refutable once the data came in.

The word often appears in scientific and philosophical contexts, where refutability—the possibility of being proven wrong—is considered a virtue of good hypotheses rather than a weakness.

sensename

contestable

Able to be challenged

challengeableAble to be contested
debatableOpen to question
falsifiableCapable of being disproven

questionable · deniable · contradictable · rebuttable · controvertible · arguable · assailable · impeachable · answerable · vulnerable

legal

rebuttable

Capable of being disproved

presumptionBelief held without proof
allegationAssertion lacking proof
testimonySworn statement as evidence

defense · objection · cross-examination · counterargument · burden · evidence · witness · deposition · affidavit · rebuttal

logical

falsifiable

Capable of being disproven

hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
theoryExplanatory set of principles
claimStatement of ownership or truth

proposition · argument · thesis · premise · assertion · conjecture · Popper · scientific · testable · empirical

Opposites

logical vulnerability

refutableirrefutable

Impossible to disprove

nonrefutable · undeniable · incontrovertible · indisputable · unarguable

epistemic certainty

refutableincontrovertible

Impossible to deny

certain · proven · self-evident · axiomatic · unquestionable

Family

irrefutable, irrefutably, refutability

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