Dictionary Entry
empirical
empirical is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Pertaining to, or founded upon, experiment or experience; depending upon the observation of phenomena; versed in experiments. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 19 · 4 senses
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- 1adjective
Pertaining to, or founded upon, experiment or experience; depending upon the observation of phenomena; versed in experiments.
- 2adjective
Depending upon experience or observation alone, without due regard to science and theory; -- said especially of medical practice, remedies, etc.; wanting in science and deep insight; as, empiric skill, remedies.
- 3adjective
derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
"an empirical basis for an ethical theory"
"empirical laws"
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- 4adjective
relying on medical quackery
"empiric treatment"
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