empire | (noun) a monarchy with an emperor as head of state | - |
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(noun) a group of countries under a single authority | - |
(noun) a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization | Synonyms: conglomerate |
(noun) the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised | Synonyms: imperium |
empiric | (adjective) derived from experiment and observation rather than theory | Synonyms: empirical |
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(adjective) relying on medical quackery | Synonyms: empirical |
empirical | (adjective) derived from experiment and observation rather than theory | Synonyms: empiric |
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(adjective) relying on medical quackery | Synonyms: empiric |
empirically | (adverb) in an empirical manner | Synonyms: by trial and error, through empirical observation |
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empiricism | (noun) the application of empirical methods in any art or science | - |
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(noun) medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings | Synonyms: quackery |
(noun) (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience | Synonyms: empiricist philosophy, sensationalism |
empiricist | (noun) a philosopher who subscribes to empiricism | - |
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lempira | (noun) the basic unit of money in Honduras; equal to 100 centavos | - |
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semiempirical | (adjective) relying to some extent on observation or experiment | - |
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sempiternal | (adjective) having no known beginning and presumably no end | Synonyms: dateless, endless |
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sempiternity | (noun) the property of being perpetual (seemingly ceaseless) | Synonyms: perpetuity |
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