"empiristic" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more empiristic [comparative], most empiristic [superlative]
Etymology: From empir(ic) + -istic. Etymology templates: {{af|en|empiric|-istic|alt1=empir(ic)}} empir(ic) + -istic Head templates: {{en-adj}} empiristic (comparative more empiristic, superlative most empiristic)
  1. Relating to, or resulting from, experience or experiment; following from empirical methods or data.
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  2. (psychology) Involving or pertaining to learned (as opposed to innate) behavior. Categories (topical): Psychology
    Sense id: en-empiristic-en-adj-hB1hQyyx Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
  3. (philosophy) Based on empiricism. Categories (topical): Philosophy
    Sense id: en-empiristic-en-adj-DOS6VK-e Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -istic, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 24 67 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -istic: 14 26 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 22 72 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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