empirico-comb. form

Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Some degree of stress is always maintained on the second syllable. If the subsequent element is an existing word, it is likely to retain its original stress pattern, e.g. empirico-regular Brit.

/ɪmˌpɪrᵻkə(ʊ)ˈrɛɡjᵿlə/,

/ɛmˌpɪrᵻkə(ʊ)ˈrɛɡjᵿlə/, U.S.

/ᵻmˌpɪrəkoʊˈrɛɡ(jə)lər/,

/ɛmˌpɪrəkoʊˈrɛɡ(jə)lər/.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: empiric adj., -o- connective.

Etymology: < empiric adj. + -o- connective. Compare empirio- comb. form.Formations are found from the first half of the 18th cent., earliest in the apparently isolated formation empiricomany (see quot. 1735 at empiricism n. 1), and more frequently from the early 19th cent.

1. Forming adjectives with the meaning ‘empirical and ——’, as empirico-regular, empirico-mathematical, etc.

ΚΠ

1817 Med. & Physical Jrnl. July 430 In the early part of the Oration, the fanciful or empirico-regular practice of medicine was noticed with much spirit.

1895 A. C. Armstrong tr. R. Falckenberg Hist. Mod. Philos. (new ed.) ii. xvi. 622 The preponderance of natural science and the empirico-skeptical [Ger. empiristisch-skeptische] tendency of the philosophy of the day conditioned by it.

1897 C. H. Judd tr. W. M. Wundt Outl. Psychol. v. 318 This general principle is known as the principle of psycho-physical parallelism. It has an empirico-psychological significance and is thus totally different from certain metaphysical principles.

1938 Times Lit. Suppl. 22 Jan. 52/3 A distinction of prime importance between the ‘empirico-mathematical’ and the ‘empirico-schematic’ sciences.

1976 Relig. Stud. 12 169 He builds assumptions taken from his philosophical position into his supposedly empirico-inductive investigation.

2011 Econ. & Polit. Weekly 6 Aug. (Nexis) One can raise an empirico-factual question as to how the UN, NGOs and media are going to facilitate global democracy.

2. Forming nouns designating philosophical theories, methodologies, etc., characterized by, or including elements of, empiricism, as empirico-humanism, empirico-materialism, etc.

ΚΠ

1914 Philos. Rev. 23 6 Rationalism and empirico-humanism rest alike on the assumption that [etc.].

1942 Mind 51 306 Intuitionism..is particularly out of harmony with the more extreme types of empirico-formalism which are so influential at the moment.

1976 M. D. Sahlins Culture & Pract. Reason ii. 56 Marx's position cannot be simply assimilated to the received empirico-materialism in anthropology.

2000 M. H. Hacohen Karl Popper (2002) v. 196 Popper had to confront a new sophisticated alternative to his empirico-deductivism.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	empirico-
释义	empirico-comb. form Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Some degree of stress is always maintained on the second syllable. If the subsequent element is an existing word, it is likely to retain its original stress pattern, e.g. empirico-regular Brit. /ɪmˌpɪrᵻkə(ʊ)ˈrɛɡjᵿlə/, /ɛmˌpɪrᵻkə(ʊ)ˈrɛɡjᵿlə/, U.S. /ᵻmˌpɪrəkoʊˈrɛɡ(jə)lər/, /ɛmˌpɪrəkoʊˈrɛɡ(jə)lər/. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: empiric adj., -o- connective. Etymology: < empiric adj. + -o- connective. Compare empirio- comb. form.Formations are found from the first half of the 18th cent., earliest in the apparently isolated formation empiricomany (see quot. 1735 at empiricism n. 1), and more frequently from the early 19th cent. 1. Forming adjectives with the meaning ‘empirical and ——’, as empirico-regular, empirico-mathematical, etc. ΚΠ 1817 Med. & Physical Jrnl. July 430 In the early part of the Oration, the fanciful or empirico-regular practice of medicine was noticed with much spirit. 1895 A. C. Armstrong tr. R. Falckenberg Hist. Mod. Philos. (new ed.) ii. xvi. 622 The preponderance of natural science and the empirico-skeptical [Ger. empiristisch-skeptische] tendency of the philosophy of the day conditioned by it. 1897 C. H. Judd tr. W. M. Wundt Outl. Psychol. v. 318 This general principle is known as the principle of psycho-physical parallelism. It has an empirico-psychological significance and is thus totally different from certain metaphysical principles. 1938 Times Lit. Suppl. 22 Jan. 52/3 A distinction of prime importance between the ‘empirico-mathematical’ and the ‘empirico-schematic’ sciences. 1976 Relig. Stud. 12 169 He builds assumptions taken from his philosophical position into his supposedly empirico-inductive investigation. 2011 Econ. & Polit. Weekly 6 Aug. (Nexis) One can raise an empirico-factual question as to how the UN, NGOs and media are going to facilitate global democracy. 2. Forming nouns designating philosophical theories, methodologies, etc., characterized by, or including elements of, empiricism, as empirico-humanism, empirico-materialism, etc. ΚΠ 1914 Philos. Rev. 23 6 Rationalism and empirico-humanism rest alike on the assumption that [etc.]. 1942 Mind 51 306 Intuitionism..is particularly out of harmony with the more extreme types of empirico-formalism which are so influential at the moment. 1976 M. D. Sahlins Culture & Pract. Reason ii. 56 Marx's position cannot be simply assimilated to the received empirico-materialism in anthropology. 2000 M. H. Hacohen Karl Popper (2002) v. 196 Popper had to confront a new sophisticated alternative to his empirico-deductivism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form1817
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