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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024em•pir•i•cal /ɛmˈpɪrɪkəl/USA pronunciation adj. - derived from or depending upon experience or observation alone.
em•pir•i•cal•ly, adv. em•pir•i•cism /ɛmˈpɪrɪˌsɪzəm/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024em•pir•i•cal (em pir′i kəl),USA pronunciation adj. - derived from or guided by experience or experiment.
- depending upon experience or observation alone, without using scientific method or theory, esp. as in medicine.
- provable or verifiable by experience or experiment.
em•pir′i•cal•ly, adv. em•pir′i•cal•ness, n. - 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . practical, firsthand, pragmatic.
- 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . secondhand, theoretical.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: empirical /ɛmˈpɪrɪkəl/ adj - derived from or relating to experiment and observation rather than theory
- (of medical treatment) based on practical experience rather than scientific proof
- (of knowledge) derived from experience rather than by logic from first principles
- of or relating to medical quackery
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