empirical
adjective
derived from or guided by direct experience or by experiment, rather than abstract principles or theory.
nonempirical
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a word derived from
empirical.
Example Sentences
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Each story represents a fresh challenge of how to say things in a nonempirical way.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 25, 2018
But these health benefits may also be systematically exaggerated, thanks to the entirely nonempirical presumption that small amounts of smog are proportionally as dangerous as large amounts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2015
