empiricalnessn.
/ɪmˈpɪrᵻklnəs/, /ɛmˈpɪrᵻklnəs/, U.S. /əmˈpɪrᵻk(ə)lnəs/, /ɛmˈpɪrᵻk(ə)lnəs/ rare.
Empirical quality or nature.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > systematic knowledge, science > [noun] > character or quality
empiricalness1655
scientificness1663
scientificalness1786
scientism1870
scientificity1888
scientificality1907
1655 W. de Rand tr. Short & Easie Meth. Surg. in Chymical, Medicinal, & Chyrurg. Addr. Pref. 156 You will make a true report of what you finde, not being offended at the appearance of Empiricalness in the discourse or practice therein commended.
1849 Eclectic Rev. Jan. 45 Precisely contrary is the present practice, no more distinguishing characteristic of which exists, than its empiricalness, its instability, its want of faith in fact.
1999 Amer. Antiq. 64 43/1 The argument for the empiricalness of gravity is logically identical to the argument presented by postprocessual archaeologists for connecting the archaeological record to past social and ideological systems.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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