Empirical - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ɪmˈpɪrɪkl|
Brit.
|emˈpɪrɪk(ə)l|
adjective
- derived from experiment and observation rather than theory (syn: empiric)
an empirical basis for an ethical theory
empirical laws
empirical data
an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known
- relying on medical quackery (syn: empiric)empirical laws
empirical data
an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known
Extra examples
They collected plenty of empirical data from their experiments.
...guidelines for raising children that are based on empirical evidence...
This theory needs to be backed up with solid empirical data.
No religion, new or old, is subject to empirical proof, so what we have is a contest between faiths.
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