Meanings
nounempiricist (plural empiricists)
plural empiricists
- an advocate or supporter of empiricism
For quotations using this term, see Citations:empiricist.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Ancient Greekἐν (en)
- Ancient Greekἐν- (en-)
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*périh₂
- Proto-Hellenic*péřřa
- Ancient Greekπεῖρα (peîra)
- Ancient Greekἔμπειρος (émpeiros)
- Ancient Greekἐμπειρία (empeiría)
- Ancient Greekἐμπειρῐκός (empeirĭkós)
- Latinempīricu
- Englishempiric
- Englishempiricist
Translations
French empiriste
- empiristean advocate or supporter of empiricism
Greek εμπειριοκράτης
- εμπειριοκράτης (empeiriokrátis)an advocate or supporter of empiricism
Polish empiryk
- empirykan advocate or supporter of empiricism
Portuguese empirista
- empiristaan advocate or supporter of empiricism
Romanian empirist
- empiristan advocate or supporter of empiricism
Spanish empirista
- empiristaan advocate or supporter of empiricism
Turkish ampirist
- ampiristan advocate or supporter of empiricism
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
empiricist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/empiricist
MLA
“empiricist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/empiricist. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “empiricist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/empiricist.
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