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methodists

methodists is the plural of methodist.

Meaning of methodist

Noun

methodist (plural methodists)

  1. One who follows a method.
  2. One who limits the domain of science to that which can be investigated using the scientific method.
    • The story about Popper's actual epistemological commitments is at odds with the expectations for the father of the natural scientific method, the one revered by those who swear by their datasets as well as reviled as a banal "methodist" in the well-known essay by political theorist Sheldon Wolin:2011, Jacqueline Stevens, “Anarchist Methods and Political Theory”, in Jimmy Casas Klausen, James R. Martel, editors, How Not to be Governed: Readings and Interpretations from a Critical Anarchist...

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Noun capitalized: Methodists

Methodists

  1. (plural) plural of Methodist

Phrases with methodists

Questions about methodists

What is methodists the plural of?
Methodists is the plural of methodist.
What part of speech is methodists?
Methodists is a noun.

Words near methodists in the dictionary

  1. methodist
  2. Methodist Church
  3. methodistic
  4. methodistical
  5. methodistically
  6. methodists
  7. Methodius
  8. methodization
  9. methodizations
  10. methodize
  11. methodized

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