Evidence-based

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Based only on actual evidence, rather than tradition etc. not-comparable

    "He told the GWPF Australia needed “evidence-based policy rather than policy-based evidence” and took aim at a 2013 study that showed that 97% of scientists agree humans are driving climate change, “as if scientific truth is determined by votes rather than facts”."

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"Gender-affirming care is an evidence-based practice."

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