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EXPERIMENTALISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does experimentalism mean? 

EXPERIMENTALISM (noun)
  The noun EXPERIMENTALISM has 2 senses:

1. an empirical doctrine that advocates experimental principlesplay

2. an orientation that favors experimentation and innovationplay

  Familiarity information: EXPERIMENTALISM used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EXPERIMENTALISM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An empirical doctrine that advocates experimental principles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("experimentalism" is a kind of...):

empiricism; empiricist philosophy; sensationalism ((philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience)


Sense 2

Meaning:

An orientation that favors experimentation and innovation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

the children of psychologists are often raised in an atmosphere of experimentalism

Hypernyms ("experimentalism" is a kind of...):

orientation (an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs)


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