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  • adjective Going against what is empirically true.

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anti- +‎ empirical

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Examples

  • John could have very well been using antiempirical language at the close of Revelation, in order to offer a final glimpse of the kingdom of God triumphing over Roman Empire, or any other empire for that matter which isn't build upon the teachings of the Jewish/Christian narrative.

    Faith in Vane? James F. McGrath 2009

  • The ancient Greeks achieved, in the end, only "nonempirical, even antiempirical, speculative philosophies; atheoretical collections of facts; and isolated crafts and technologies -- never breaking through to real science.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2008

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