Learn English – What’s the opposite of “dogmatic”

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I'm trying to describe an approach that doesn't just blindly follow established opinion, but seeks validation through experimentation. Any ideas?

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In the context of your description, I would offer pragmatic. From TheFreeDictionary:

prag·mat·ic

  1. Dealing or concerned with facts or actual occurrences; practical.

Though, this may not be connotatively sound given your circumstance, so you could perhaps go with empirical. Again, from TheFreeDictionary:

em·pir·i·cal

  1. Relying on or derived from observation or experiment: empirical results that supported the hypothesis.

  2. Verifiable or provable by means of observation or experiment: empirical laws.

Both of these terms are often used in science in relation to experimentation.

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