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observationalist

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Etymology

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From observational +‎ -ist.

Noun

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observationalist (plural observationalists)

  1. One who relies on empirical observations.
    • 2007 July 1, Lisa Margonelli, “Wild Is the Wind”, in New York Times[1]:
      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.