experimentalism

[ ik-sper-uh-men-tl-iz-uhm ]

noun

1. doctrine or practice of relying on experimentation; empiricism.
2. fondness for experimenting or innovating:

   The psychologists' children were raised in an atmosphere of vigorous experimentalism.

Other Words From

• ex·peri·mental·ist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of experimentalism¹

First recorded in 1825–35; experimental + -ism

Example Sentences

All that You Can't Leave Behind's classic sound closed the door on Pop's excessive experimentalism.

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It is connected with his vanity, his voracity for all kinds of praise, his restive experimentalism and even perhaps his envy.

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Our passion for experimentalism is dictated by the firm object of using the knowledge we acquire.

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However, rising experimentalism has gradually terminated it, its last form appearing in Kant and Hegel.

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With experimentalism inevitably came the recognition of hypotheses in observing, collecting, and comparing facts.

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Still, the spirit of reckless experimentalism pressed her onward.

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