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English adjective: empiric

1. empiric relying on medical quackery


SamplesEmpiric treatment.


Synonymsempirical


Domain usagearchaicism, archaism

2. empiric derived from experiment and observation rather than theory


SamplesAn empirical basis for an ethical theory.
Empirical laws.
Empirical data.
An empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known.


Synonymsempirical


Similara posteriori, confirmable, data-based, existential, experiential, experimental, experimental, falsifiable, observational, semiempirical, trial-and-error, verifiable


Antonymstheoretic, theoretical









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