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Empiric

adjective
1.
Relying on medical quackery.  Synonym: empirical.
2.
Derived from experiment and observation rather than theory.  Synonym: empirical.  "Empirical laws" , "Empirical data" , "An empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known"



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"Empiric" Quotes from Famous Books



... more endeavored to pass the supposed empiric, scorning even the parade of threatening to use the knife, or tomahawk, that was pendent from his belt. Suddenly the beast extended its arms, or rather legs, and inclosed him in a grasp that might have vied with the far-famed power of the "bear's hug" itself. ...
— The Last of the Mohicans • James Fenimore Cooper



Words linked to "Empiric" :   theoretical, observational, confirmable, existential, experimental, a posteriori, data-based, falsifiable, empirical, archaicism, empiricism, trial-and-error, quackery, archaism, verifiable, experiential



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