empiricist

🇺🇸 /ɪmˈpɪrɪsɪst/ 🇬🇧 /ɪmˈpɪrɪsɪst/
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adjective
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relating to or based on experience or observation rather than theory

An empiricist approach to learning focuses on hands-on experience.

noun
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a person who relies on observation and experience to gain knowledge or form theories

As an empiricist, she believed that knowledge comes from experience.

translation

adj. relating to or based on experience or observation rather than theory
n. a person who relies on observation and experience to gain knowledge or form theories

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Plural empiricists