English adjective: empiric | |||
1. | empiric relying on medical quackery | ||
Samples | Empiric treatment. | ||
Synonyms | empirical | ||
Domain usage | archaicism, archaism | ||
2. | empiric derived from experiment and observation rather than theory | ||
Samples | An empirical basis for an ethical theory. Empirical laws. Empirical data. An empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known. | ||
Synonyms | empirical | ||
Similar | a posteriori, confirmable, data-based, existential, experiential, experimental, experimental, falsifiable, observational, semiempirical, trial-and-error, verifiable | ||
Antonyms | theoretic, theoretical | ||