| Main Entry: |
empirical
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| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
practical |
| Synonyms: |
empiric, experient, experiential, experimental,
factual, observational,
observed,
pragmatic,
provisional,
speculative
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| Notes: |
empirical describes results determined by experiment and observed behavior or facts; theoretical describes results that are based on guesswork or hypothesis - and pragmatic is contrasted with theoretical on the grounds that the former proceeds from what is demonstrably practical, the latter from conjecture |
| Antonyms: |
conjectural, hypothetical, impractical, theoretic, theoretical, unobserved, unproved
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