1. replication crisis - Noun
2. Replication crisis - Proper noun
replication crisis (plural replication crises)
A crisis caused by the problem that many scientific studies are difficult or impossible to replicate or reproduce, casting doubt on the meaningfulness of their results in light of the requirements of the scientific method.
the replication crisis
All replication crises, in all scientific fields or specialties, viewed collectively as a unitary, single epistemic crisis.