observationalist en · NOUN
Etymology
From observational + -ist.
Meanings
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One who relies on empirical observations.
And so the stage was set for the current dispute, again pitting observationalists against theorists on the subject of global warming’s influence on the storms.
2007 July 1, Lisa Margonelli, “Wild Is the Wind”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| observationalists | Number=Plur | lexicographic |