"empiricist" meaning in English

See empiricist in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: empiricists [plural]
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  1. an advocate or supporter of empiricism Derived forms: antiempiricist, neoempiricist, postempiricist, radical empiricist Related terms: empirical, empiricism Translations (an advocate or supporter of empiricism): empiriste (French), εμπειριοκράτης (empeiriokrátis) [masculine] (Greek), empiryk [masculine] (Polish), empirista (Portuguese), empirist (Romanian), empirista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), ampirist (Turkish)

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