Evidence-based
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Evidence-based is an adjective meaning Based only on actual evidence, rather than tradition, etc.
Meaning
Based only on actual evidence, rather than tradition, etc.
Example Sentences
In the last decade, the health care field has been under the spell of evidence-based medicine—a social movement aimed to strengthen the scientific base of health care and determine the effectiveness of clinical interventions.
He told the GWPF Australia needed “evidence-based policy rather than policy-based evidence” and took aim at a 2013 study that showed that 97% of scientists agree humans are driving climate change, “as if scientific truth is determined by votes rather than facts”.
The spectacle of a prominent vaccine sceptic and wellness crank as secretary of health and human services goes beyond an abandonment of truth; it feels like an assault on human progress. Bans on fluoride in tap water, passed by legislators in Utah and Florida at Robert F Kennedy Jr’s behest, mark a new hostility to the very idea of evidence-based government.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include empirical, realistic, mental, concrete, well-founded, well-informed.
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