Definitions for operationalismˌɒp əˈreɪ ʃə nlˌɪz əm
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
op•er•a•tion•al•ismˌɒp əˈreɪ ʃə nlˌɪz əm(n.)
also op`er•a′tion•ism
the view that experimental operations must define scientific terms and concepts.
Category: Philosphy
Origin of operationalism:
1930–35
op`er•a′tion•al•ist(n.; adj.)
Princeton's WordNet
operationalism(noun)
(philosophy) the doctrine that the meaning of a proposition consists of the operations involved in proving or applying it
Wiktionary
operationalism(Noun)
A philosophy that attempts to define all scientific concepts in terms of specified operations or procedures of observation and measurement
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