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empiricism
 
Noun empiricism has 3 senses
  1. empiricism, empiricist philosophy, sensationalism - (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience
    --1 is a kind of philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory
    --1 has particulars:
     British empiricism; experimentalism; positivism, logical positivism
  2. empiricism - the application of empirical methods in any art or science
    --2 is a kind of     investigation, investigating
  3. quackery, empiricism - medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings
    --3 is a kind of medical practice
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