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Adjective empirical has 2 senses
- empirical, empiric - derived from experiment and observation rather than theory; "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"; "empirical laws"; "empirical data"; "an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known"
Antonyms: theoretical, theoretic, abstractive, a priori, conjectural, divinatory, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious, hypothetical, hypothetic, notional, speculative, metaphysical, theory-based
- empiric, empirical - relying on medical quackery; "empiric treatment"
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