experimentalism
doctrine or practice of relying on experimentation; empiricism.
fondness for experimenting or innovating: The psychologists' children were raised in an atmosphere of vigorous experimentalism.
Origin of experimentalism
1Other words from experimentalism
- ex·per·i·men·tal·ist, noun
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How to use experimentalism in a sentence
As this collection proves, she has gotten stronger and stranger with age—an experimentalist hidden behind a household name.
Paris Review Editor Lorin Stein’s Book Bag: Ann Beattie, Ken Kalfus, and Other Short Stories | Lorin Stein | October 2, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTI plainly see that you have the true spirit of an experimentalist and good observer.
More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II | Charles DarwinYou should be 'an intrepid experimentalist, ceaselessly looking for new forms of existence.'
In Brief Authority | F. AnsteyAn experimentalist who would have been a useful lecturer upon chemistry at the Royal Institution.
For starting ourselves from the same point with the Experimentalist and the authority he alleges—viz.
The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey--Vol. 1 | Thomas de Quincey
For the present we shall conclude by recommending to the notice of the Experimentalist the German writers on education.
The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey--Vol. 1 | Thomas de Quincey
British Dictionary definitions for experimentalism
/ (ɪkˌspɛrɪˈmɛntəˌlɪzəm) /
employment of or reliance upon experiments; empiricism
Derived forms of experimentalism
- experimentalist, noun
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