operationism

Variant of operationalism

operationalism definition

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′

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