experiential
Other forms: experientially
Something experiential comes from the real world — from experience. Experiential things can be seen, touched, and verified.
Some knowledge comes from reading about it. But experiential knowledge comes from actually doing and experiencing it. If you learned to sail by spending every summer on the water with your own boat, then you have an experiential understanding of sailing. If something is experiential, it's real, rather than conceptual. But you can't learn everything experientially. That's what books are for.
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relating to or resulting from experience“a personal, experiential reality”
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derived from experience or the experience of existence“"the rich experiential content of the teachings of the older philosophers"- Benjamin Farrington”synonyms: existential
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In Ursula Le Guin's classic science fiction novel, a human emissary travels to Winter, an alien world with a culture very different from his own.
Sixteen-year-old Aza investigates the disappearance of a local billionaire and navigates complicated relationships with her mom, best friend, and a new romantic interest, all while trying to manage obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Told in alternating perspectives, this novel follows the ups and downs of Jasmine and Chelsea, two girls who start a club to give young women at their school a voice.