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单词 empiricism
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
em•pir•i•cism  (em pirə siz′əm),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. empirical method or practice.
  2. Philosophythe doctrine that all knowledge is derived from sense experience. Cf. rationalism (def. 2).
  3. undue reliance upon experience, as in medicine;
    quackery.
  4. an empirical conclusion.
  • empiric + -ism 1650–60
em•piri•cist, n., adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
empiricism /ɛmˈpɪrɪˌsɪzəm/ n
  1. the doctrine that all knowledge of matters of fact derives from experience and that the mind is not furnished with a set of concepts in advance of experience
  2. the use of empirical methods
  3. medical quackery; charlatanism

emˈpiricist n , adj
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
em•pir•i•cal /ɛmˈpɪrɪkəl/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. 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 © 2024
em•pir•i•cal  (em piri kəl),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. derived from or guided by experience or experiment.
  2. depending upon experience or observation alone, without using scientific method or theory, esp. as in medicine.
  3. provable or verifiable by experience or experiment.
  • empiric + -al1 1560–70
em•piri•cal•ly, adv. 
em•piri•cal•ness, n. 
    • 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . practical, firsthand, pragmatic.
    • 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . secondhand, theoretical.

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