Term: empiricism: the application of empirical methods in any art or science
Candidate hypernym: act: something that people do or cause to happen → 1
Candidate hypernym: lump sugar: refined sugar molded into rectangular shapes convenient as single servings → 0
Candidate hypernym: lepidocrocite: a red to reddish brown mineral consisting of iron oxide hydroxide; often found in iron ores together with goethite → 0
Candidate hypernym: sorrel: a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus cinchona: large genus of trees of Andean region of South America having medicinal bark → 0
Candidate hypernym: long shot: a contestant that is unlikely to win → 0
Candidate hypernym: imaginative comparison: the kind of mental comparison that is expressed in similes or metaphors or allegories → 0
Candidate hypernym: originalism: the belief that the United States Constitution should be interpreted in the way the authors originally intended it → 0
Candidate hypernym: scissors: a gymnastic exercise performed on the pommel horse when the gymnast moves his legs as the blades of scissors move → 0
Candidate hypernym: potassium nitrate: (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive → 0
Candidate hypernym: amphibian family: any family of amphibians → 0