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operationalism

operationalism noun: a philosophy that attempts to define all scientific concepts in terms of specified operations or procedures of observation and measurement.

Noun

operationalism (countable and uncountable, plural operationalisms)

  1. A philosophy that attempts to define all scientific concepts in terms of specified operations or procedures of observation and measurement.

Forms of operationalism

pluraloperationalisms

Origin of operationalism

From operational + -ism.

Questions about operationalism

What does operationalism mean?
Operationalism means a philosophy that attempts to define all scientific concepts in terms of specified operations or procedures of observation and measurement.
What part of speech is operationalism?
Operationalism is a noun.
What is the plural of operationalism?
The plural of operationalism is operationalisms.

Words near operationalism in the dictionary

  1. operationalisations
  2. operationalise
  3. operationalised
  4. operationalises
  5. operationalising
  6. operationalism
  7. operationalisms
  8. operationalist
  9. operationalistic
  10. operationalists
  11. operationalities

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