empiricism

Word family  noun empiricism empiricist adjective empirical adverb empirically

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++em·pir·i·cis·m /ɪmˈpɪrɪsɪzəm/ AWL noun [uncountable]  REAL/NOT IMAGINARYthe belief in basing your ideas on practical experience 经验主义，经验论 —empiricist noun [countable]

Examples from the Corpus

empiricism• The distinction between rationalism and empiricism relates to a distinction between knowledge acquired by reason and knowledge acquired by the senses.• It is bald assertion, based on what economists call casual empiricism.• It was the dawn of the age of empiricism.• It is that the probabilistic idea is in accord with a kind of empiricism.• But there is another characteristic strand to foundationalism, that of empiricism.• Indeed, they have been embarrassed by them, having so internalized the epistemological criteria of positivism, empiricism and pragmatism.• He noted that qualitative experience is lost when a reductionist empiricism seeks only quantitative generalizations.• It therefore rejected empiricism and was particularly critical of utilitarianism.

em·pir·i·cis·m nounChineseSyllable  

belief in Corpus the on ideas your basing

empiricism
em‧pir‧i‧cis‧m AC /ɪmˈpɪrəsɪzəm, ɪmˈpɪrɪsɪzəm/ noun [uncountable]the belief in basing your ideas on practical experience
—empiricist noun [countable]

em·piri·cism AW BrE /ɪmˈpɪrɪsɪzəm/ 🔊NAmE /ɪmˈpɪrɪsɪzəm/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (philosophy 哲学) the use of experiments or experience as the basis for your ideas; the belief in these methods 经验主义；经验论；实证论▸ em·piri·cist BrE /ɪmˈpɪrɪsɪst/ 🔊NAmE /ɪmˈpɪrɪsɪst/ 🔊 adjective◆an empiricist theory经验主义理论▸ em·piri·cist BrE /ɪmˈpɪrɪsɪst/ 🔊NAmE /ɪmˈpɪrɪsɪst/ 🔊 noun◆the English empiricist, John Locke英格兰经验主义者约翰 · 洛克