| Dictionary: Ex·per·i·men·tal·ist |
1. One who makes experiments, especially one who likes to experiment; an experimenter. Whaterly.
2. One who relies primarily on experimentation and the evidence of one's own senses; an empiricist; -- contrasted with theoretician or dogmatist.
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| Wikipedia: Experimentalist |
"Experimentalist" is a blanket term for all sorts of scientists engaged more in experimental activity than in the theoretical side of their sciences.
The word is essentially equivalent to "experimenter." The latter word, however, emphasizes what the person is actually doing; "experimentalist," by contrast, highlights what the person likes to do or finds important.
"Experimentalist" is also used in reference to a personality type that builds up gradually to a work. Here the term is not limited to science, but is frequently used in relation to artists. Famous "experimentalists" could include Cézanne, Mark Twain or Robert Frost. The opposite of being an Experimentalist is to be a Conceptualist.
Colloquially, an Experimentalist has been defined as "one who prefers to ascertain by finding out."
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