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empiriocriticism
noun
em·pir·io·criticism
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:a scientifically oriented phenomenalistic form ofempiricism that endeavors to reduce knowledge to a description of pure experience and eliminate all aspects of apriorism, metaphysics, and dualism
Word History
Etymology
partial translation of Germanempiriokritizismus, fromempirio- + kritizismus criticism
First Known Use
1897, in the meaning definedabove
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“Empiriocriticism.”Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/empiriocriticism. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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