Empirical Definition & Meaning
empirical
- adjective
- 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"
- relying on medical quackery; "empiric treatment"
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"a forensic psychologist karen franklin's dual interests in psychology and the law brought her to question the roots of anti-gay hate crimes. her interviews with perpetrators and with san francisco bay area college students provide badly needed empirical"
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"though shall not kill- normative or empirical"
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