antiempirical

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adjective

Going against what is empirically true.

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Meanings

adjectiveantiempirical (comparative more antiempirical, superlative most antiempirical)

comparative more antiempirical · superlative most antiempirical

  1. Going against what is empirically true.

    In regard to life in general ... and to capitalism in particular, objectivism is just about as unrealistic and antiempirical as it can be.

    2007 July 29, Mary Jo Murphy, “Sex, Love and the Scolding Psychotherapist”, in New York Times

Origin

From anti- + empirical.

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Translations

Portuguese antiempírico
  • antiempíricogoing against what is empirically true
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APA

antiempirical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiempirical

MLA

“antiempirical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiempirical. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antiempirical,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiempirical.

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