disconfirm

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الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية
To establish the falsity of a claim or belief; to show or to tend to show that a theory or hypothesis is not valid

The empirical data obtained in a test—or, as we shall prefer to say, the observation sentences describing those data—may then either confirm or disconfirm the given hypothesis, or they may be neutral with respect to it.

Show that (a belief or hypothesis) is not or may not be true
To establish the falsity of a claim or belief; to show that a theory or hypothesis is not valid
disconfirmation
Introduction of evidence which conclusively establishes that a belief or hypothesis is not true or which diminishes the acceptability of a belief or hypothesis

Once we move our search to the region of the mind, we find that access to the facts becomes much more difficult; as a result, disconfirmation is largely out of reach and metaphor begins to flourish.

disconfirmation
A particular fact, observation, or other item of evidence which shows or tends to show that a belief or hypothesis is not true

One can reduce the disconfirmations of economic generalizations by specifying a margin of error.

disconfirmation
The diminishing of the acceptability or probability of a theory by the introduction of new evidence
disconfirmation
infirmation
disconfirming
Not confirming
disconfirming
not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition; "the HIV test was negative"
disconfirming
establishing as invalid or untrue
disconfirm
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