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EXPERIENTIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does experiential mean? 

EXPERIENTIAL (adjective)
  The adjective EXPERIENTIAL has 2 senses:

1. relating to or resulting from experienceplay

2. derived from experience or the experience of existenceplay

  Familiarity information: EXPERIENTIAL used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EXPERIENTIAL (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or resulting from experience

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

a personal, experiential reality

Pertainym:

experience (the content of direct observation or participation in an event)

Derivation:

experience (the content of direct observation or participation in an event)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Derived from experience or the experience of existence

Synonyms:

existential; experiential

Context example:

formal logicians are not concerned with existential matters

Similar:

empiric; empirical (derived from experiment and observation rather than theory)

Derivation:

experience (the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities)


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