Empirically is a term used to describe things that are based on practical experience, observation or experiment, rather than on theory or speculation. The antonyms of empirically include theoretically, speculatively, abstractly and hypothetically. Theoretical concepts are based on hypothetical or abstract thinking and have no practical application in the real world. Speculative thinking involves forming theories without actual evidence or proof. Abstract thinking involves thinking about concepts that are not related to specific instances, while hypothetical thinking means thinking about things that are based on assumptions rather than reality. Thus, the antonyms of empirically denote ways of thinking or reasoning that are not based on practical experience, observation, or experiment.

What are the antonyms for Empirically?

• adv.

  • noun
  • theoretically
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Usage examples for Empirically

Famous quotes with Empirically

• What Romantic terminology called genius or talent or inspiration is nothing other than finding the right road empirically, following one's nose, taking shortcuts.

  Italo Calvino
• The lyrics are constructed as empirically as the music. I don't set out to say anything very important.

  Brian Eno
• Sometimes the reader will decide something else than the author's intent; this is certainly true of attempts to empirically decipher reality.

  John M. Ford
• Actually, today I had to defend the Bush Administration in France again. They refuse to accept, because of their political ideology, that he has actually done more than any American President for Africa. But it's empirically so.

  Bob Geldof
• A discrete series is a series of terms each of which is empirically derived, each one of which is empirically true. And this is the reason for the fragmentary character of those poems.

  George Oppen

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