Observationalist

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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."

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"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."

Etymology

From observational + -ist.

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