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interpretivism

interpretivism noun: antipositivism.

Noun

interpretivism (countable and uncountable, plural interpretivisms)

  1. antipositivism
  2. qualitative research
  3. A school of cultural anthropological thought founded by Franz Boas.
  4. A school of thought holding that law is not a set of given data, conventions, or physical facts, but what lawyers aim to construct or obtain in their practice.

Forms of interpretivism

pluralinterpretivisms

Origin of interpretivism

From interpretive + -ism.

Questions about interpretivism

What does interpretivism mean?
Interpretivism means antipositivism.
What part of speech is interpretivism?
Interpretivism is a noun.
What is the plural of interpretivism?
The plural of interpretivism is interpretivisms.

Words near interpretivism in the dictionary

  1. interpreting
  2. interpreting away
  3. interpretings
  4. interpretive
  5. interpretively
  6. interpretivism
  7. interpretivisms
  8. interpretivist
  9. interpretivistic
  10. interpretivistically
  11. interpretivists

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