what does empiric mean?
EMPIRIC as ADJECTIVE
- Meaning
- derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
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- an empirical basis for an ethical theory
- empirical laws
- empirical data
- an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known
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Similar To
- Meaning
- relying on medical quackery
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