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inductivisms

inductivisms is the plural of inductivism.

Meaning of inductivism

Noun

inductivism (usually uncountable, plural inductivisms)

  1. (usually) The scientific method of developing theories and systems by generalising from meticulously analysed data (i.e., by induction).
    • Systems of psychology…developed, which were products of what Popper calls ‘inductivism’ — attempts to build up generalisations on the basis of carefully scrutinized data.1958–1960, R.S. Peters, The Concept of Motivation (2nd ed.), ch. i, page 2

Questions about inductivisms

What is inductivisms the plural of?
Inductivisms is the plural of inductivism.

Words near inductivisms in the dictionary

  1. inductive voltage divider
  2. inductive voltage dividers
  3. inductively
  4. inductiveness
  5. inductivism
  6. inductivisms
  7. inductivist
  8. inductivistic
  9. inductivists
  10. inductivities
  11. inductivity

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