empirical

English

Etymology

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From empiric +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpɪɹɪkəl/

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Adjective

empirical (comparative more empirical, superlative most empirical)

1. Pertaining to or based on experience.
   • H. Spencer

     The village carpenter […] lays out his work by empirical rules learnt in his apprenticeship.

2. Pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations made using the physical senses or using instruments which extend the senses.
3. (philosophy of science) Verifiable by means of scientific experimentation.

Synonyms

• empiric

Antonyms

• nonempirical
• anecdotal

Coordinate terms

• conceptual
• theoretical
• anecdotal

Derived terms

• antiempirical
• empirical data
• empirical ego
• empirical formula
• empirically
• empiricalness
• empirical research
• empirical rule
• equiempirical
• nonempirical
• non-empirical ego
• psychoempirical
• semiempirical
• superempirical
• unempirical

 

Related terms

• empiricism
• empiricist

Translations

pertaining to or based on experience

• Arabic: تَجْرِيبِيّ (tajrībiyy)
• Bulgarian: опитен (bg) (opiten), емпиричен (bg) (empiričen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 經驗／经验 (zh) (jīngyàn), 经验 (zh) (jīngyàn)

• Danish: empirisk
• Finnish: kokemusperäinen (fi), empiirinen (fi)
• French: empirique (fr)
• Galician: empírico m
• German: empirisch (de), erfahrungsgemäß (de)
• Greek: εμπειρικός (el) m (empeirikós)
• Hungarian: tapasztalati (hu)
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• Italian: empirico (it)
• Persian: تجربی (fa) (taǰrobī), آروینی (ārvīnī)
• Portuguese: empírico (pt)
• Romanian: empiric (ro)
• Russian: эмпири́ческий (ru) (empiríčeskij)
• Serbo-Croatian: empìrījskī (sh), iskùstven (sh)
• Spanish: empírico (es)
• Swedish: empirisk (sv)
• Tagalog: masirin
• Urdu: تجربی (tajrabi)
• Vietnamese: kinh nghiệm (vi)

pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations

• Arabic: تَجْرِيبِيّ (tajrībiyy)
• Bulgarian: емпиричен (bg) (empiričen)
• Chinese:

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• Finnish: kokeellinen (fi), empiirinen (fi)
• German: empirisch (de)
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• Greek: εμπειρικός (el) m (empeirikós)
• Russian: эмпири́ческий (ru) (empiríčeskij)
• Serbo-Croatian: empìrījskī (sh), iskùstven (sh)
• Spanish: empírico (es)
• Swedish: empirisk (sv)
• Tagalog: masirin

verifiable by means of scientific experimentation

• Bulgarian: емпиричен (bg) (empiričen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 實證／实证 (shízhèng), 实证 (zh) (shízhèng)

• Czech: empirický (cs) m
• Finnish: kokeellinen (fi), empiirinen (fi)
• German: empirisch (de)
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• Korean: 실증적인 (siljeungjeogin)
• Russian: эмпири́ческий (ru) (empiríčeskij)
• Serbo-Croatian: empìrījskī (sh), iskùstven (sh)
• Spanish: empírico (es)
• Swedish: empirisk (sv)
• Tagalog: masirin
• Vietnamese: thực chứng

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• (deprecated template usage) Indonesian: secara empiris, berdasarkan eksperimen / percobaan
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See also

• empirical evidence
• anecdotal evidence
• trial and error
• empyrical

Further reading

• “empirical”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “empirical”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “empirical”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• "empirical" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 115.