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operationism
Variant of operationalism
operationalism
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op·era·tion·al·ism (-s̸hə nəl iz′əm)
noun
Philos. the doctrine that no concept or term used in a purportedly factual statement has valid meaning unless it can be defined in terms of repeatable, empirical operations, experimental procedures, etc.
also operationism op′·era′·tion·ism′
Related Forms:
- operationalist op′·era′·tion·al·ist noun
- operationalistic op′·era′·tion·al·is′·tic adjective
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