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experimentalism

[ ik-sper-uh-men-tl-iz-uhm ]

noun

  1. doctrine or practice of relying on experimentation; empiricism.
  2. fondness for experimenting or innovating:

    The psychologists' children were raised in an atmosphere of vigorous experimentalism.



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Other Words From

  • ex·peri·mental·ist noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of experimentalism1

First recorded in 1825–35; experimental + -ism

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