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transdisciplinarian

transdisciplinarian noun: one whose area of work or study crosses and holistically incorporates multiple disciplines (e.g. both architecture and philosophy).

Noun

transdisciplinarian (plural transdisciplinarians)

  1. One whose area of work or study crosses and holistically incorporates multiple disciplines (e.g. both architecture and philosophy).
    • The essential difference between the transdisciplinarian (the architect collaborating with a philosopher) and the multidisciplinary equivalent is that the transdisciplinarian assumes their own specialty (discipline) will be transformed ...2008, Stichting Archis, Destination Library

Adjective

transdisciplinarian (not comparable)

  1. Incorporating multiple disciplines; transdisciplinary.
    • Research in ethnomathematics is, thus, necessarily transcultural and transdisciplinarian. The encounters are examined in its widest form, to permit exploration of more indirect interactions and influences, and to permit examination of subjects ...2016, Paul Ernest, Bharath Sriraman, Nuala Ernest, Critical Mathematics Education, IAP, →ISBN, page 30
    • The Program Ethnomathematics is a transdisciplinarian and transcultural research program on the evolution of behavior and knowledge in the human species.2018, Zehlia Babaci-Wilhite, Promoting Language and STEAM as Human Rights in Education, Springer, →ISBN, page 172

Forms of transdisciplinarian

pluraltransdisciplinarians

Origin of transdisciplinarian

From trans- + discipline + -arian.

Questions about transdisciplinarian

What does transdisciplinarian mean?
Transdisciplinarian means one whose area of work or study crosses and holistically incorporates multiple disciplines (e.g. both architecture and philosophy).
What part of speech is transdisciplinarian?
Transdisciplinarian can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of transdisciplinarian?
The plural of transdisciplinarian is transdisciplinarians.

Words near transdisciplinarian in the dictionary

  1. transdifferentiations
  2. transdifferentiative
  3. transdimensional
  4. transdimentional
  5. transdimerization
  6. transdisciplinarian
  7. transdisciplinarians
  8. transdisciplinarily
  9. transdisciplinarity
  10. transdisciplinary
  11. transdiscursive

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