empirical
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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.
synoniem: 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.
Pools: empiryczny, doświadczalny
2 empirical
Relying on medical quackery.
synoniem: empiric.
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