OH GOSH - Essential Vocabularies and meanings - Empirical : - TopicsExpress



          

OH GOSH - Essential Vocabularies and meanings - Empirical : based on experiments or experience rather than ideas or theories ( adjective ) Empiricism: the use of experiments or experience as the basis for your ideas; the belief in these methods ( noun ) Determinism: the belief that people are not free to choose what they are like or how they behave, because these things are decided by their surroundings and other things over which they have no control ( noun ) Deterministic: The philosophical doctrine that every state of affairs, including every human event, act, and decision is the inevitable consequence of antecedent states of affairs. ( noun ) Predict: to say that something will happen in the future ( Verb ) Prediction: a statement that says what you think will happen; the act of making such a statement ( Noun ) Predictable: if something is predictable, you know in advance that it will happen or what it will be like ( Adjective ) Unpredictable: that cannot be predicted because it changes a lot or depends on too many different things Exploit: to treat a person or situation as an opportunity to gain an advantage for yourself Exploitation: a situation in which somebody treats somebody else in an unfair way, especially in order to make money from their work ( noun ) Exploitative:treating somebody unfairly in order to gain an advantage or to make money ( adjective ) Tariff: a tax that is paid on goods coming into or going out of a country ( noun ) Efficiency: the quality of doing something well with no waste of time or money Efficient: doing something well and thoroughly with no waste of time, money, or energy ( adjective ) Efficiently: Adv with efficiency; in an efficient manner; he functions efficiently Import: a product or service that is brought into one country from another Export: to sell and send goods to another country ( verb ) Interdependence: mutuality: a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups) Interdependent: that depend on each other; consisting of parts that depend on each other Mercantilism: the economic theory that trade increases wealth ( noun ) Xenophobic: It means that you have a fear of strangers or foreign people. Xenophobia: a strong feeling of dislike or fear of people from other countries ( noun ) Incentive: something that encourages you to do something ( noun ) *Tax incentives to encourage savings *There is no incentive for people to save fuel. Innovative: introducing or using new ideas, ways of doing something, etc ( adjective ) Innovation: the introduction of new things, ideas or ways of doing something ( noun ) Innovate: to introduce new things, ideas, or ways of doing something ( verb ) Secular: not connected with spiritual or religious matters ( adjective ) Secularism: the belief that religion should not be involved in the organization of society, education, etc. ( noun ) Secularize: to make something secular; to remove something from the control or influence of religion ( verb ) Secularization: the process of removing the influence or power that religion has over something ( noun )
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