superempirical
- adjective
- /ˌsuːpərɪmˈpɪrɪkəl/
- Formal
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superempírico
- The concept of love is often considered superempirical because it cannot be fully measured or quantified.
Examples
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What's more, they are restricted by their own definitions to the exploration of empirical entities and cannot "prove" or "disprove" the existence of superempirical entities such as meaning, human rights, justice, or God.
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Cofnas starts by outlining an evolutionary approach to the study of religion and morality, approaching today's benchmark definition of religiosity as beliefs in superempirical agents.
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Religiosity (defined as behavior towards superempirical agents) is today clearly adaptive:
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Philosophers debate ideas that are superempirical, such as the nature of good and evil, which go beyond sensory experience.
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Many religious beliefs are built on superempirical principles that cannot be proven through scientific observation.
Synonyms
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Far beyond normal limits in experience, knowledge, or quality
Beyond what people can learn by experience or by the senses
You cannot feel, see, or hear it
A concept beyond ordinary experience and understanding
About the basic nature of reality beyond the physical world
Existing beyond the physical world and not able to be seen or touched
Antonyms
How Empirical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Superempirical comes from the parts super- 'above' or 'beyond' and empirical 'based on experience' or 'observation', and you can think of super- like in superhero meaning 'above' the normal. So, something described as superempirical is 'beyond' what we can test or see, which explains its modern meaning as not based on measurable evidence.