experimentalism
Americannoun
-
doctrine or practice of relying on experimentation; empiricism.
-
fondness for experimenting or innovating.
The psychologists' children were raised in an atmosphere of vigorous experimentalism.
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of experimentalism
First recorded in 1825–35; experimental + -ism
Vocabulary lists containing experimentalism
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Everything from Mexican pop to European experimentalism was strained, boiled, compressed and stretched into addictive instrumental taffy.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2024
For all its far-flung experimentalism, though, the book is rooted in beautifully rendered characters, whose tales of separation and division mirror Korea’s own complex history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
“Do It Again” recalls the energetic, eclectic pop of both performers — like a marriage between BENEE’s 2020 viral hit, “Supalonely,” and Mallrat’s accessible experimentalism, found in the song “Groceries.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 28, 2023
The idea was to extend experimentalism into every part of the organization.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2023
The theory of a state of nature, with the rights therein implied, is the contribution, through Stoicism, of the Roman lawyers, and the great medieval contrast to Aristotle's experimentalism.
From Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham by Harold Joseph Laski
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
