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empiricism

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empiricism /ɪmˈpirəˌsɪzəm/ noun
empiricism
/ɪmˈpirəˌsɪzəm/
noun
Learner's definition of EMPIRICISM
[noncount]
: the practice of basing ideas and theories on testing and experience经验主义;经验论;实证论

— empiricist

/ɪmˈpirəsɪst/ noun, plural empiricists [count]
BNC: 24449 COCA: 24305

empiricism

noun

em·​pir·​i·​cism im-ˈpir-ə-ˌsi-zəm How to pronounce empiricism (audio)
em-
1
a
: a former school of medical practice founded on experience without the aid of science or theory
2
a
: the practice of relying on observation and experiment especially in the natural sciences
b
: a tenet arrived at empirically
3
: a theory that all knowledge originates in experience
empiricist noun

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Read her full interview here: on hard-nosed empiricism and optimizing interventions. Aline Holzwarth, Forbes, 21 June 2022 This view has influenced thinking in Christian and Persian philosophies, British empiricism and Marxist doctrine. György Buzsáki, Scientific American, 14 May 2022 The exhibition begins in 1780, a bit of an arbitrary date, because the Enlightenment attends to religion, a staple of art, but also, and this is new, to nature, science, and empiricism. Brian T. Allen, National Review, 19 Mar. 2022 Other scholars have pointed out that feminist standpoint theory is helpful in understanding white empiricism and who is eligible to be a worthy observer of the human condition and our world. Monica R. Mclemore, Scientific American, 29 Dec. 2021 As Cheyne notes in his essay: The British empiricism of John Locke, David Hume and David Hartley was itself at odds, Coleridge pointed out, with a deeper heritage of British thought. Cameron Hilditch, National Review, 23 Apr. 2021 An alternative conclusion—richer in possibilities, in my opinion—is that scientific thought in recent decades invites us to reject empiricism and to endorse a broader epistemology. WSJ, 3 Oct. 2021 Milton Friedman, whose empiricism led him to embrace free-market public policy, was the most influential economist of the second half of the 20th century. Matthew Continetti, National Review, 8 May 2021 The same empiricism led him to keep urging Virgin Galactic engineers not to be spooked by the past. Anna Russel, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

empiric + -ism

First Known Use

1658, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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The first known use of empiricism was in 1658
BNC: 24449 COCA: 24305

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