1. Derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
   "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"; "empirical laws"; "empirical data"; "an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known"
   - empiric 
2. [archaic] Relying on medical quackery
   - empiric [archaic]

See also: a posteriori, confirmable, data-based, empirically, empiricism, existential, experiential, experimental, falsifiable, observational, semiempirical, trial-and-error, verifiable

Antonym: theoretical

Encyclopedia: Empirical

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