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empirical
adjective
(em-pir-i-cal)
derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
Synonyms:
empiric
,
Antonyms:
theoretical
,
Examples:
An empirical basis for an ethical theory.
Empirical laws.
Empirical data.
An empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known.
empirical
adjective
(em-pir-i-cal)
relying on medical quackery
Synonyms:
empiric
,
Words Related to
empirical
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observational
,
verifiable
,
experimental
,
existential
,
experiential
,
confirmable
,
model
,
test
,
pilot
,
trial
,
a posteriori
,
data-based
,
semiempirical
,
trial-and-error
,
anecdotal
,
factual
,
practical
,
actual
,
literature
,
molecular
,
concrete
,
grounded
,
experiences
,
practices
,
experience
,
ad-hoc
,
evidence-based
,
theoretical
,
methodological
,
econometric
,
theoretic
,
correlational
,
empiric
,
scientific
,
quantitative
,
epistemological
,
qualitative
,
priori
,
phenomenological
,
normative
,
deductive
,
sociological
,
inferential
,
subjective
,
statistical
,
rational
,
causal
,
testable
,
mathematical
,
probabilistic
,
scientific method
,
epistemic
,
mechanistic
,
anthropologic
,
anthropic
,
positivistic
,
empiristic
,
veridical
,
irrefutable
,
falsifiable
,
counterfactual
,
neurophysiological
,
rationalistic
,
parapsychological
,
pseudoscientific
,
historical method
,
neuroanatomical
,
hermeneutical
,
propositional
,
psychoanalytic
,
hegelian
,
anthropological
,
provable
,
typological
,
deontological
,
textual
,
quantifiable
,
hermeneutic
,
reductionist
,
criminological
,
conclusive
,
sociologic
,
epidemiological
,
multiplicative
,
theistic
,
ricardian
,
posteriori
,
incontrovertible
,
projective
,
incommensurable
,
teleological
,
atomistic
,
justificatory
,
abstract
,
trigonometric
,
syllogistic
,
bivariate
,
conjectural
,
neurobiological
,
taxonomical
,
empirical
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