Antonyms for experiential


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ik-speer-ee-en-shuh l
Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˌspɪər iˈɛn ʃəl


Definition of experiential

Origin :
  • 1640s (implied in experientially), from Latin experientia (see experience) + -al (1).
  • As in empirical : adj practical
  • As in empirical/empiric : adj practical; based on experience
  • As in experimental : adj exploratory
Example sentences :
  • Myth is a pre-text for action with a practical, experiential purpose.
  • Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
  • There are experiential writings and there are dogmatic writings.
  • Extract from : « Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death » by Frederick W. H. Myers
  • But Pythagoras did not proceed in this experiential manner in the discovery of his theorem.
  • Extract from : « Criminal Psychology » by Hans Gross
  • For the experiential method in this matter the time was not ripe.
  • Extract from : « Diderot and the Encyclopaedists (Vol 1 of 2) » by John Morley
  • What then would the self-transcendency affirmed to exist in advance of all experiential mediation or termination, be known-as?
  • Extract from : « Essays in Radical Empiricism » by William James
  • The beyond must, of course, always in our philosophy be itself of an experiential nature.
  • Extract from : « Essays in Radical Empiricism » by William James
  • Philosophy and theology give their conceptual interpretations of this experiential life.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of William James, Vol. II » by William James
  • But the conditions are not realized, and in an experiential subject-matter are not realizable.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 8 » by Various
  • But in the “homing” of pigeons there is little question that the experiential factor predominates.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 6 » by Various
  • Here the instinctive factor probably predominates over that which is experiential.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 6 » by Various

Synonyms for experiential

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019