transcription, транскрипция: [ im-ˈpir-ə-ˌsi-zəm, em- ]
noun
Date: 1657
1.
a. : a former school of medical practice founded on experience without the aid of science or theory
b. : quackery , charlatanry
2.
a. : the practice of relying on observation and experiment especially in the natural sciences
b. : a tenet arrived at empirically
3. : a theory that all knowledge originates in experience
• em·pir·i·cist -sist noun