Empiric
[em'pirik]
Definition
(n.) One who follows an empirical method; one who relies upon practical experience.
(n.) 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.
(a.) Alt. of Empirical
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Quack, charlatan, pretender, mountebank, impostor, cheat, mere experimenter (without scientific training).
a. [1]. Experimental, experiential, from experience (as distinguished from inference or reasoning).[2]. Charlatanic, quackish.
Typed by Kate
Definition
adj. resting on trial or experiment: known only by experience.—n. Empir′ic one who makes trials or experiments: one whose knowledge is got from experience only: a quack.—adv. Empir′ically.—ns. Empir′icism (phil.) the system which rejecting all a priori knowledge rests solely on experience and induction: dependence of a physician on his experience alone without a regular medical education: the practice of medicine without a regular education: quackery: Empir′icist one who practises empiricism.—adj. Empiricūt′ic (Shak.) empirical.
Typist: Lucinda