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empiricism
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empiricism
(noun)
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empiricism
/ɪm
ˈ
pirəˌsɪzəm/
noun
empiricism
/ɪm
ˈ
pirəˌsɪzəm/
noun
Learner's definition of EMPIRICISM
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noncount
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:
the practice of basing ideas and theories on testing and experience
— empiricist
/ɪm
ˈ
pirəsɪst/
noun
,
plural
empiricists
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]
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