empirical

1. Derived from experiment and observation rather than theory (synset 300862104)
   "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"; "empirical laws"; "empirical data"; "an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known"
   similar to:

   • a posteriori - requiring evidence for validation or support
   • confirmable, falsifiable, verifiable - capable of being tested (verified or falsified) by experiment or observation
   • existential, experiential - derived from experience or the experience of existence
   • data-based, experimental, observational - relying on observation or experiment
   • experimental - of the nature of or undergoing an experiment
   • semiempirical - relying to some extent on observation or experiment
   • trial-and-error - trying out various means or theories until error is satisfactorily reduced or eliminated
   same as: empiric
2. Relying on medical quackery (synset 303074710)
   "empiric treatment"
   domain usage: archaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expression
   same as: empiric

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