"experimentalism" meaning in English

See experimentalism in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: experimentalisms [plural]
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  2. (philosophy) An empirical or pragmatic approach which emphasizes the importance of experimentation Tags: uncountable, usually
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: antiexperimentalism Related terms: experimentalist, experimentally, experimental

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