Antonyms for empiric

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : em-pir-ik

Phonetic Transcription : ɛmˈpɪr ɪk

Definition of empiric

Origin : c.1600, from Latin empiricus "a physician guided by experience," from Greek empeirikos "experienced," from empeiria "experience," from empeiros "skilled," from en "in" (see en- (2)) + peira "trial, experiment," from PIE *per- "to try, risk." Originally a school of ancient physicians who based their practice on experience rather than theory. Earlier as a noun (1540s) in reference to the sect, and earliest (1520s) in a sense "quack doctor" which was in frequent use 16c.-19c.

As in empirical : adj practical
As in empirical/empiric : adj practical; based on experience
As in impostor : noun person pretending to be something else

Example sentences :

He appears to prefer the empiric method in love as in philosophy.
Extract from : « Tales From Two Hemispheres » by Hjalmar Hjorth Boysen

Cherokee medicine is an empiric development of the fetich idea.
Extract from : « The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees » by James Mooney

No institutions or principles are spared its empiric handling.
Extract from : « The Collector » by Henry T. Tuckerman

He was by no means an empiric, as some were whom Charles II.
Extract from : « A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2) » by Charles Creighton

He re-told the insult put upon himself in the epithet of empiric.
Extract from : « The Sunset Trail » by Alfred Henry Lewis

Formerly farming was looked upon as a profession easily understood, and successfully pursued only by an empiric.
Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley

I shall be at your service, madam, when that empiric has given the patient up.
Extract from : « Hard Cash » by Charles Reade

I was resuscitated by the empiric with cold, and recovered by the theorist with heat.
Extract from : « Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland » by Various

As to Doleman, the poor man goes on trying and hoping with his empiric.
Extract from : « Clarissa Harlowe, Volume 9 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

But I could not conform to the principle of empiric philosophy.
Extract from : « Recollections Of My Childhood And Youth » by George Brandes

Synonyms for empiric

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