experiential

  • 1Experiential — Ex*pe ri*en tial ([e^]ks*p[=e] r[i^]*[e^]n shal), a. Derived from, or pertaining to, experience. Coleridge. [1913 Webster] It is called empirical or experiential . . . because it is given to us by experience or observation, and not obtained as… …

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  • 2experiential — UK US /ɪkˌspɪəriˈenʃəl/ adjective ► based on experience: »experiential learning …

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  • 3experiential — 1640s (implied in experientially), from L. experientia (see EXPERIENCE (Cf. experience)) + AL (Cf. al) (1) …

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  • 4experiential — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ involving or based on experience and observation. DERIVATIVES experientially adverb …

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  • 5experiential — [ek spir΄ē en′shəl, ikspir΄ē en′shəl; ek spir΄ē en′chəl, ik spir΄ē en′chəl] adj. [< L experientia + AL] of or based on experience; empirical experientially adv …

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  • 6experiential — [[t]ɪkspɪ͟ərie̱nʃ(ə)l[/t]] ADJ Experiential means relating to or resulting from experience. [FORMAL] Learning has got to be active and experiential. ...the rediscovery of the experiential path of religious truth …

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  • 7experiential — adjective Date: 1658 relating to, derived from, or providing experience ; empirical < experiential knowledge > < experiential lessons > • experientially adverb …

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  • 8experiential — adjective /ɛkˌspɪəriˈɛnʃəl,ɪkˌspɪəriˈɛnʃəl,ɪkˌspɪriˈɛnʃəl/ Of, related to, encountered in, or derived from experience. Atheists argue that there is no experiential confirmation for the existence of a god …

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  • 9experiential — ex|per|i|en|tial [ıkˌspıəriˈenʃəl US ˌspır ] adj informal based on experience or related to experience ▪ experiential approaches to learning …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 10experiential — adjective based on or connected with experience: experiential approaches to learning …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English