noun
Meaning 1
an advocate or supporter of empiricism
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:empiricist.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
empiricist
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noun
Meaning 2
a philosopher who subscribes to empiricism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: philosopher
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English empiric Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English empiricist From empiric + -ist.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: empiriste — an advocate or supporter of empiricism
- Greek: εμπειριοκράτης (empeiriokrátis) — an advocate or supporter of empiricism
- Polish: empiryk — an advocate or supporter of empiricism
- Portuguese: empirista — an advocate or supporter of empiricism
- Romanian: empirist — an advocate or supporter of empiricism
- Spanish: empirista — an advocate or supporter of empiricism
- Turkish: ampirist — an advocate or supporter of empiricism