observationalist

noun

One who relies on empirical observations.

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Meanings

nounobservationalist (plural observationalists)

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

Origin

From observational + -ist.

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observationalist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/observationalist

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“observationalist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/observationalist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “observationalist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/observationalist.

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