Experiential

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Experiential \Ex*pe`ri*en"tial\ ([e^]ks*p[=e]`r[i^]*[e^]n"shal),
     a.
     Derived from, or pertaining to, experience. --Coleridge.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           It is called empirical or experiential . . . because it


           is given to us by experience or observation, and not
           obtained as the result of inference or reasoning.
                                                    --Sir. W.
                                                    Hamilton.
     -- {Ex*pe`ri*en"tial*ly}, adv. --Dr. H. More.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  experiential
       adj 1: relating to or resulting from experience; "a personal,
              experiental reality"
       2: derived from experience or the experience of existence; "the
          rich experiential content of the teachings of the older
          philosophers"- Benjamin Farrington; "formal logicians are
          not concerned with existential matters"- John Dewey [syn:
          {existential}]