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empirics

empirics noun: empirical evidence. Also the plural of empiric.

Noun

empirics

  1. Empirical evidence.
    • The notion of retaining empirics may seem paradoxical when the tenets of holism and the requirements of empirics are scrutinized.1990, Norma L. Chaska, The Nursing Profession: Turning Points, page 249
    • At one time, this might have been rationalized by the paucity of empirics in the field or its weak theoretical foundations.2001, Donald R. Davis, David E. Weinstein, What Role for Empirics in International Trade?

Also used as

empirics is also the plural of empiric.

Words formed from empirics

Questions about empirics

What does empirics mean?
Empirics means empirical evidence.
What part of speech is empirics?
Empirics is a noun.

Words near empirics in the dictionary

  1. empiricized
  2. empiricizes
  3. empiricizing
  4. empirick
  5. empiricks
  6. empirics
  7. empiriocritic
  8. empiriocritical
  9. empiriocriticism
  10. empiriocritics
  11. empiriological

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