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experiential

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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UK: /ɛkˌspɪəɹiˈɛnʃəl/
UK: /ɪkˌspɪəɹiˈɛnʃəl/
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US: ĭk-spîr'ē-ĕnʹshəl
US: /ɪkˌspɪɹiˈɛnʃəl/
CMU ARPABET: EH0 K S P EH2 R IY0 EH1 N SH AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

adj

Meaning 1

Of, related to, encountered in, or derived from experience.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

Near-synonym: empirical
Atheists argue that there is no experiential confirmation for the existence of a god.
Each color has a unique experiential quality.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: empirical

Antonyms: nonexperiential, unexperiential, theoretical

adjective

Meaning 2

relating to or resulting from experience

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

a personal, experiential reality

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

derived from experience or the experience of existence- Benjamin Farrington- John Dewey

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

the rich experiential content of the teachings of the older philosophers
formal logicians are not concerned with existential matters

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: existential

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin experientiālis, from experientia + -ālis.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

Chinese Mandarin: 来自经验的 — of, related to, encountered in, or derived from experience
Czech: zkušenostní — of, related to, encountered in, or derived from experience
Finnish: kokemusperäinen — of, related to, encountered in, or derived from experience
French: expérientiel — of, related to, encountered in, or derived from experience
French: expérienciel — of, related to, encountered in, or derived from experience
German: auf Erfahrung beruhend — of, related to, encountered in, or derived from experience
Italian: esperienziale — of, related to, encountered in, or derived from experience
Macedonian: искуствен (iskustven) — of, related to, encountered in, or derived from experience
Pannonian Rusyn: искуствови (iskustvovi) — of, related to, encountered in, or derived from experience
Portuguese: experiencial — of, related to, encountered in, or derived from experience
Spanish: experiencial — of, related to, encountered in, or derived from experience
Spanish: vivencial — of, related to, encountered in, or derived from experience

Word forms

Inflections and variants

more experiential — comparative
most experiential — superlative

Word family

Derived and related words

Derived: experiential advertising, experiential education, experiential innovation, experientialism, experientialist, experientiality, experiential knowledge, experientially, experiential philosopher, experiential philosophy, experiential platform, experiential world, interexperiential, nonexperiential, panexperiential, postexperiential, unexperiential

Related: experience, empirical, empiric

Semantic map

Other relationships

Coordinate Terms: superempirical

Sources

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