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1. (n.) empiric
a person who is guided primarily by experience.
2. empiric
a quack; charlatan.
3. (adj.) empiric
empirical.
Etymology: (1520–30; < L empīricus < Gk empeirikós experienced <émpeir(os) practiced)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) empiric, empirical
relying on medical quackery
"empiric treatment"
2. (adj) empirical, empiric
derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
"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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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) empiric
alt. of Empirical
2. (noun) empiric
one who follows an empirical method; one who relies upon practical experience
3. (noun) empiric
one who confines himself to applying the results of mere experience or his own observation; especially, in medicine, one who deviates from the rules of science and regular practice; an ignorant and unlicensed pretender; a quack; a charlatan
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. empiric
the name given to any who practises an art from the mere experience of results, apart from all reference to or knowledge of the scientific explanation.
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