empiricism

Other forms of empiricism

plural

empiricisms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about empiricism

What does empiricism mean?

empiricism means "(philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in empiricism?

empiricism has 5 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ɛmˈpɪɹəˌsɪzəm/.

What is another word for empiricism?

Close synonyms include empiricist philosophy, sensationalism, quackery. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is empiricism a common word?

empiricism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with empiricism?

19 words rhyme with empiricism. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.