experimentalism has definitions from the field of philosophy
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[ noun ] (philosophy) an empirical doctrine that advocates experimental principles

Used in print

(Musical America, LXXXI:5...)

Prokofieff might well emerge as a cultural hero , who , by the force of his creative life , helped preserve the main stream of tradition , to which the surviving idioms of current experimentalism may be eventually added and integrated .

Related terms

empiricism

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[ noun ] an orientation that favors experimentation and innovation

Examples

"the children of psychologists are often raised in an atmosphere of experimentalism"

Related terms

orientation

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