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observationalist

observationalist noun: one who relies on empirical observations.

Noun

observationalist (plural observationalists)

  1. One who relies on empirical observations.
    • And so the stage was set for the current dispute, again pitting observationalists against theorists on the subject of global warming’s influence on the storms.2007 July 1, Lisa Margonelli, “Wild Is the Wind”, in New York Times

Forms of observationalist

pluralobservationalists

Origin of observationalist

From observational + -ist.

Questions about observationalist

What does observationalist mean?
Observationalist means one who relies on empirical observations.
What part of speech is observationalist?
Observationalist is a noun.
What is the plural of observationalist?
The plural of observationalist is observationalists.

Words near observationalist in the dictionary

  1. observational comedy
  2. observational error
  3. observational errors
  4. observational learning
  5. observationalism
  6. observationalist
  7. observationalists
  8. observationality
  9. observationally
  10. observationally stable
  11. observations

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