Meaning | derived from experiment and observation rather than theory. |
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Examples | - "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"
- "empirical laws"
- "empirical data"
- "an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known"
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Synonym | empiric |
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Narrower | a posteriori | requiring evidence for validation or support |
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confirmable, verifiable, falsifiable | capable of being tested (verified or falsified) by experiment or observation |
experiential, existential | derived from experience or the experience of existence |
experimental, data-based, observational | Relying on observation or experiment |
experimental | Of the nature of or undergoing an experiment / experiment / experiment |
semiempirical | relying to some extent on observation or experiment |
trial-and-error | trying out various means or theories until error is satisfactorily reduced or eliminated |
Opposite | theoretical, theoretic | concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations |
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Spanish | empírica, empírico |
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Catalan | empíric |
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Nouns | empiricism | the application of empirical methods in any art or science |
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Adverbs | empirically | in an empirical manner |
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