empiricism C2 Topic:Philosophy & Reasoning US /ɛmˈpɪrəˌsɪzəm/ See IPA manual Freq #122321 Meanings 1 noun A pursuit of knowledge purely through experience, especially by means of observation and sometimes by experimentation. Our whole life in some of its highest and most important aspects is simply empiricism. Empiricism is only another word for experience. Thesaurus Word family Derived forms antiempiricismmetempiricismneoempiricismpostempiricism Related forms empiricalempiricistrationalism Etymology From empiric + -ism. Topics Philosophy & Reasoning Abstract Ideas Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # empiricism **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ɛmˈpɪrəˌsɪzəm/ **Frequency rank:** 122321 ## Meanings 1. A pursuit of knowledge purely through experience, especially by means of observation and sometimes by experimentation. ## Examples - Our whole life in some of its highest and most important aspects is simply empiricism. Empiricism is only another word for experience. ## Derived Forms - antiempiricism - metempiricism - neoempiricism - postempiricism ## Related Forms - empirical - empiricist - rationalism ## Etymology From empiric + -ism. ## Topics - Philosophy & Reasoning - Abstract Ideas - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown