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unassuming(dictionary)

empiricism (iou) and unassuming (iou)


empiricism (iou)



empiricism noun. M17.
[from EMPIRIC + -ISM.]
Practice based on experiment and observation. Formerly, ignorant or unscientific practice, quackery. M17.
Philosophy. The doctrine or theory that all knowledge is derived from sense-experience; the doctrine or theory that concepts and statements have meaning only in relation to sense-experience. Opp. RATIONALISM 3. Cf. SENSATIONALISM 1. L18.
logical empiricism: see LOGICAL adjective.
An assertion made on empirical grounds. M19.
empiricist noun & adjective (a) noun an exponent or adherent of empiricism; (b) adjective of, pertaining to, or characterized by philosophical empiricism: E18.

unassuming (iou)



unassuming adjective. E18.
[from UN-1 + ASSUMING.]
Not assuming; not pretentious or arrogant, modest.
W. Boyd An unassuming single-storey stone building.
unassumed adjective E19.
unassumingly adverb E20.
unassumingness noun M18.