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.

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experimentalism British  

/ ɪkˌspɛrɪˈmɛntəˌlɪzəm /

noun

1. employment of or reliance upon experiments; empiricism

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Other Word Forms

• experimentalist noun

Etymology

Origin of experimentalism

First recorded in 1825–35; experimental + -ism

Example Sentences

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

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

From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2023

Dogmatic experimentalism and dogmatic idealism signify more or less consistently the abstract isolation of the scientific and philosophical motives.

From The Approach to Philosophy by Perry, Ralph Barton