Synonyms for empiric
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : em-pir-ik |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛmˈpɪr ɪk |
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Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for empiric
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