Falsification is a procedure used in science to test the validity of a hypothesis or theory. It involves stating some output from theory in specific and finding contrary cases among experiments or obs [..]

1560s, from Late Latin falsificationem (nominative falsificatio), noun of action from past participle stem of falsificare "to falsify" (see falsify).

an act or instance of falsifying

   To change information or evidence to mislead.

(n) any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something(n) a willful perversion of facts(n) the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or c [..]

  The deliberate act of misrepresentation so as to deceive.

According to Karl Popper, for a scientific theory to be truly scientific, it must be possible to falsify it. If this is not possible, then the theory may well reside in the realm of supernatural, supe [..]

the act of determining that something is false; disproving a theory. It is a key term in the philosophy of science, notably in the work of Karl Popper (1902-1994) who argued that a hypothesis or theor [..]

the act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not knowingly false statement or wilful misrepresentation showing an item o [..]