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experimentalism

American  
[ik-sper-uh-men-tl-iz-uhm] / ɪkˌspɛr əˈmɛn tlˌɪz əm /

noun

  1. doctrine or practice of relying on experimentation; empiricism.

  2. fondness for experimenting or innovating.

    The psychologists' children were raised in an atmosphere of vigorous experimentalism.


experimentalism British  
/ ɪkˌspɛrɪˈmɛntəˌlɪzəm /

noun

  1. employment of or reliance upon experiments; empiricism

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Origin of experimentalism

First recorded in 1825–35; experimental + -ism

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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

For Nova, experimentalism was more than a new method of making music.

From New York Times Jan. 20, 2023

This Weeknd team-up proves she’s always had a pop-star gift under the shards of experimentalism.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 22, 2022

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 Laski, Harold Joseph

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