empirical
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- IPA (key): /ɪmˈpɪrɪkəl/
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Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: em‧pi‧ri‧cal
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- If something is empirical, it is based on or can be checked by observation or experience.
- Antonyms: theoretical and hypothetical
- Simply because there is no empirical evidence to support this does not mean it's wrong. It simply means we haven't looked hard enough.
- This hypothesis has been challenged on both theoretical and empirical grounds.
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