unempirical

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unempirical
Adjective
  • From my perspective, these shifts aren’t theoretical.
    Jack Thorogood, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
  • Carter, who had a doctorate in theoretical physics, dispatched a team of officers to the Bay Area to set up an outpost—officially called the Defense Innovation Unit, but known at the Pentagon as Unit X.
    Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Adjective
  • The enforcement of such nonempirical standards as taste and judgment implies a kind of cultural and aesthetic hierarchy that Silicon Valley’s ruling class embraces ruthlessly but will never admit to countenancing.
    Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 20 Oct. 2019
  • Each story represents a fresh challenge of how to say things in a nonempirical way.
    Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 24 June 2018
Adjective
  • Some of them don't always make a lot of sense, but this hypothetical deal seems to have the groundwork of a potential trade this month.
    Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 July 2025
  • As directed by Grok’s cousin (or whatever), the hypothetical Labubu Movie from AI might be a trainwreck.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 18 July 2025
Adjective
  • While estimates for the amount of guidance in existence or birthed yearly may not be as speculative as extrasolar planetary life, the magnitude remains bathed in the radiation of indifference.
    Clyde Wayne Crews Jr, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • Butch Dill/Getty Images While the report is purely speculative at this point, Saban unretiring to get back into coaching wouldn't be a complete shock.
    Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025
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“Unempirical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unempirical. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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