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Meaning of EXPERIENTIAL

Pronunciation:  ik`speeree'enshul

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  derived from experience or the experience of existence; "the rich experiential content of the teachings of the older philosophers"- Benjamin Farrington; "formal logicians are not concerned with existential matters"- John Dewey
  2. [adj]  relating to or resulting from experience; "a personal, experiental reality"
 
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 Synonyms: empirical, existential
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ex*pe`ri*en"tial\, a.
Derived from, or pertaining to, experience. --Coleridge.
      It is called empirical or experiential . . . because it
      is divan to us by experience or observation, and not
      obtained as the result of inference or reasoning.
                                               --Sir. W.
                                               Hamiltion.
-- {Ex*pe`ri*en"tial*ly}, adv. --DR. H. More.
 

 

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