the use of experiments or experience as the basis for your ideas; the belief in these methods
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NAmE//ɪmˈpɪrəsɪst//
adjective an empiricist theory noun the English empiricist John LockeSee empiricism in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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