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empirical

adjective

1 empirical

Derived from experiment and observation rather than theory:
— An empirical basis for an ethical theory.
— Empirical laws.
— Empirical data.
— An empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known.

synonym: empiric.

Roget 463: experimental, empirical.    probative, probatory, probationary, provisional; analytic, docimastic; tentative; unverified, unproven, speculative, untested.   

Roget 675: essaying etc. v.; experimental etc. 463; tentative, empirical, probationary.   

Polish: empiryczny, doświadczalny

2 empirical

Relying on medical quackery.

synonym: empiric.


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