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Term: Empirist

Part of Speech: Noun

Sense 1: Popular Meaning

A person who believes that knowledge comes primarily from experience and observation rather than from theory or innate ideas.

Sample Sentence:

John, an empirist by nature, always relied on firsthand evidence to form his opinions.

Sense 2: Local Meaning

A member of a specific philosophical group that emphasizes the sole use of empirical evidence in forming knowledge and beliefs.

Sample Sentence:

The local empirists club held weekly discussions on topics related to their shared belief in the power of observation.

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