experience-based thinking
nounUK /ɪkˈspɪəriəns beɪst ˈθɪŋkɪŋ/
US /ɪkˈspɪriəns beɪst ˈθɪŋkɪŋ/
Thinking that uses what you have learned from doing things before.
Her experience-based thinking helped her fix the bike quickly because she had repaired it many times.
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2. Deciding by relying on past personal events rather than formal rules.
His experience-based thinking told him the shortcut would be faster during rush hour.
3. A way of solving problems using lessons from real-life situations.
The team used experience-based thinking to handle the sudden power outage.
4. Knowledge gained from doing a task repeatedly and applying it to new cases.
Experience-based thinking made the chef adjust the recipe without measuring.