SINCE 1828
unempirical
adjective
un·em·pir·i·cal
| \ ˌən-im-ˈpir-i-kəl
, -em-\
, -em-\
Definition of unempirical
: not based on observation or experience : not empirical
… propounds an absolutist and decidedly unempirical view, that thinkers are prisoners of the historical epoch in which they write …— Peter Berkowitz
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unempirically
\ ˌən-im-ˈpir-i-k(ə-)lē
, -em- \
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