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Realism is not a matter of any fidelity to an empirical reality, but of the discursive conventions by which and for which a sense of reality is constructed.
John Fiske

Meaning of "empirical" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EMPIRICAL

empirical  [ɛmˈpɪrɪkəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EMPIRICAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Empirical can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES EMPIRICAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Empirical evidence

Empirical evidence is a source of knowledge acquired by means of observation or experimentation. The term comes from the Greek word for experience, Εμπειρία. Empirical evidence is information that justifies a belief in the truth or falsity of an empirical claim. In the empiricist view, one can claim to have knowledge only when one has a true belief based on empirical evidence. This stands in contrast to the rationalist view under which reason or reflection alone is considered to be evidence for the truth or falsity of some propositions. The senses are the primary source of empirical evidence. Although other sources of evidence, such as memory, and the testimony of others ultimately trace back to some sensory experience, they are considered to be secondary, or indirect. In another sense, empirical evidence may be synonymous with the outcome of an experiment. In this sense, an empirical result is a unified confirmation. In this context, the term semi-empirical is used for qualifying theoretical methods which use in part basic axioms or postulated scientific laws and experimental results.

Definition of empirical in the English dictionary

The first definition of empirical in the dictionary is derived from or relating to experiment and observation rather than theory. Other definition of empirical is based on practical experience rather than scientific proof. Empirical is also of or relating to medical quackery.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EMPIRICAL


asymmetrical
ˌeɪsɪˈmɛtrɪkəl
clerical
ˈklɛrɪkəl
cylindrical
sɪˈlɪndrɪkəl
electrical
ɪˈlɛktrɪkəl
historical
hɪˈstɒrɪkəl
lyrical
ˈlɪrɪkəl
metempirical
ˌmɛtɛmˈpɪrɪkəl
nonempirical
ˌnɒnɪmˈpɪrɪkəl
numerical
njuːˈmɛrɪkəl
panegyrical
ˌpænɪˈdʒɪrɪkəl
satirical
səˈtɪrɪkəl
satyrical
səˈtɪrɪkəl
semiempirical
ˌsɛmɪɪmˈpɪrɪkəl
spagyrical
spəˈdʒɪrɪkəl
spherical
ˈsfɛrɪkəl
symmetrical
sɪˈmɛtrɪkəl
theatrical
θɪˈætrɪkəl
unempirical
ˌʌnɪmˈpɪrɪkəl
unlyrical
ʌnˈlɪrɪkəl
unsatirical
ˌʌnsəˈtɪrɪkəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EMPIRICAL

empiecement
empierce
empight
empire
Empire Day
Empire State
Empire State Building
empire-builder
empire-building
empiric
empirical formula
empirical probability
empirically
empiricalness
empiricism
empiricist
empiricutic
emplace
emplacement
emplane

WORDS THAT END LIKE EMPIRICAL

ahistorical
allegorical
alphanumerical
anticlerical
aspherical
bioelectrical
biometrical
categorical
chemical
chimerical
diametrical
hemispherical
hysterical
metaphorical
metrical
obstetrical
oratorical
prehistorical
rhetorical
unhistorical
unsymmetrical

Synonyms and antonyms of empirical in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «EMPIRICAL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «empirical» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of empirical

Translation of «empirical» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EMPIRICAL

Find out the translation of empirical to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of empirical from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «empirical» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

实证的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

empírico
570 millions of speakers

English

empirical
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अनुभवजन्य
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التجريبية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

эмпирические
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

empírico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গবেষণামূলক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

empirique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Empirikal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

empirisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

実験による
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

경험적인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Empiris
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thực nghiệm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அனுபவ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रायोगिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

deneysel
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

empirico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

empiryczne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

емпіричні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

empiric
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εμπειρική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

empiriese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

empirisk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

empirisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of empirical

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EMPIRICAL»

The term «empirical» is very widely used and occupies the 14.894 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EMPIRICAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about empirical

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10 QUOTES WITH «EMPIRICAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word empirical.
1
Peter L. Berger
So I think one can say on empirical grounds - not because of some philosophical principle - that you can't have democracy unless you have a market economy.
2
Jon Carroll
When the going gets tough, the tough get empirical.
3
Daniel Everett
It's wrong to try and convert tribal societies. What should the empirical evidence for religion be? It should produce peaceful, strong, secure people who are right with God and right with the world. I don't see that evidence very often.
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John Fiske
Realism is not a matter of any fidelity to an empirical reality, but of the discursive conventions by which and for which a sense of reality is constructed.
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Alan Huffman
The ocean is the last frontier of human empirical knowledge; even the contours on that eighth-grader's globe are the product of a mix of scientific measurement, inference and conjecture.
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Edmund Husserl
We would be in a nasty position indeed if empirical science were the only kind of science possible.
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Lawrence M. Krauss
Empirical explorations ultimately change our understanding of which questions are important and fruitful and which are not.
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Imre Lakatos
Our empirical criterion for a series of theories is that it should produce new facts. The idea of growth and the concept of empirical character are soldered into one.
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Gottfried Leibniz
Men act like brutes in so far as the sequences of their perceptions arise through the principle of memory only, like those empirical physicians who have mere practice without theory.
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Ian Mcewan
It should simply be an empirical matter whether the climate is changing or not and whether we're responsible. But the various sides of the debate have now become so tribal that it's no longer a matter of changing our views as more information comes in.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EMPIRICAL»

Discover the use of empirical in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to empirical and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Empirical Likelihood
This book is your opportunity to explore its foundations, its advantages, and its application to a myriad of practical problems.
Art B. Owen, 2001
2
Culture Bumps: An Empirical Approach to the Translation of ...
This work focuses on translators and readers as participants in the communicative process, where the use of allusions is one type of problem to be solved.
Ritva Leppihalme, 1997
3
Applications of Empirical Process Theory
Advanced text; estimation methods in statistics, e.g. least squares; lots of examples; minimal abstraction.
Sara A. Geer, 2000
4
Bridging the Gap: Empirical Research in Simultaneous ...
The purpose of this collection of reports on non-arbitrary, empirical research of simultaneous and sign-language interpretation, designed to bridge the gap between vocational and scientific aspects of an interpreter s skills, is to show ...
Sylvie Lambert, Barbara Moser-Mercer, 1994
5
Non-Linear Time Series Models in Empirical Finance
This 2000 volume reviews non-linear time series models, and their applications to financial markets.
Philip Hans Franses, Dick van Dijk, 2000
6
Empirical Musicology : Aims, Methods, Prospects: Aims, ...
This book shows that such approaches could play an important role in the further development of the discipline as a whole, not only through the application of statistical and modeling methods to musical scores but also--and perhaps more ...
Eric Clarke Professor of Music University of Sheffield, Nicholas Cook Professor of Music Royal Holloway, 2004
7
The Oxford Handbook of Empirical Legal Research
The Handbook has three parts. The first deals with the development and institutional context of empirical legal research.
Peter Cane, Herbert M. Kritzer, 2010
8
The Empirical Base of Linguistics: Grammaticality Judgments ...
Carson T. Schutze presents here a detailed critical overview of the vast literature on the nature of utility of grammaticality judgments and other linguistic intuitions, and the ways they have been used in linguistic research.
Carson T. Schutze, 1996
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Bayes and Empirical Bayes Methods for Data Analysis, Second ...
With its broad appeal as a text for those in biomedical science, education, social science, agriculture, and engineering, this second edition offers a relatively gentle and comprehensive introduction for students and practitioners already ...
Bradley P. Carlin, Thomas A. Louis, 2000
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Handbook of Corporate Finance: Empirical Corporate Finance
Judging by the sheer number of papers reviewed in this Handbook, the empirical analysis of firms’ financing and investment decisions—empirical corporate finance—has become a dominant field in financial economics.
B. Espen Eckbo, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EMPIRICAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term empirical is used in the context of the following news items.
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Why Leadership Development Programs Fail: Weak Foundations
Part 2 of this series explores the critical role of solid, empirical research as the basis for the development of these programs. Speed and ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
2
The Case Against Encouraging Polygamy
De Boer responds that “basic social science tells us that the very illegality and taboo that I'm trying to get rid of distorts the empirical picture. «The Atlantic, Jul 15»
3
The Sex-Offender Test
Quinn wrote that since Abel's scoring methods are not public, they “could be mathematically based, founded upon indisputable empirical ... «The Atlantic, Jul 15»
4
Suit accuses Pinellas telemarketers of $8.5 million scam
... E.M. Systems & Services LLC, Administrative Management & Design LLC, Empirical Data Group Technologies LLC, Epiphany Management ... «Tampabay.com, Jul 15»
5
Scientists: Polar Bears Are Thriving Despite Global Warming
But Taylor said this warning was based on climate models, not empirical data. Taylor said in “essence it's an expression of their opinion … it's ... «Daily Caller, Jul 15»
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Seven ways to master your meetings
While some might feel this is a gimmick, empirical data prove that stand-up meetings work. One study found that stand-up meetings were about ... «BDlive, Jul 15»
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Patient reviews of physicians sparks scholar versus blogger debate
Lastly, Yaraghi noted that many empirical measures of doctors and hospitals already exist online including readmission rates and nurse to ... «Brookings Institution, Jul 15»
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The $15 Minimum Wage Would Cause At Least 300,00 Job Losses
While some empirical studies have found reductions in employment from increases in the minimum wage, these have generally been modest. «Forbes, Jul 15»
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Why Judges and Prosecutors Don't Care If They're Right
... what we've learned from empirical studies of how human brains function, and scientific literature casting doubt on much of what happens in ... «Above the Law, Jul 15»
10
Chadbourne Makes Rare China Exit
Stern is an assistant professor of law and political science, and Li is a statistician of empirical legal studies. Its findings about wanting to ... «Bloomberg Big Law Business, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Empirical [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/empirical>. May 2024 ».
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