empirical
concept
17 mentions
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first heard Sep 2026
last heard 14 Sep
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Adjective describing knowledge based on observation or experience
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Peak in the week of 11 Sep — 17 mentions across 1 series.
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newest first · ▶ plays the momentPeter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · empirical · 2:15 · 14 Sep
…But, perhaps in a bit of a case of the empirics strike back, empirical more often keeps its narrower sense and is used positively to describe evidence and information grounded in observation and experience, or capable of being verified or disproved by observation or experiment.…
Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · empirical · 2:03 · 14 Sep
…Empirical can still be used critically to describe ideas and practices that rely on experience or observation alone,…
Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · empirical · 1:06 · 14 Sep
…When empirical first appeared as an adjective in English, it meant simply in the manner of an empiric.…
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