observationalist

English

Etymology

From observational +‎ -ist.

Noun

observationalist (plural observationalists)

1. One who relies on empirical observations.
   • 2007 July 1, Lisa Margonelli, “Wild Is the Wind”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.