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noun
A philosophy that attempts to define all scientific concepts in terms of specified operations or procedures of observation and measurement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: sciences
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noun
(philosophy) the doctrine that the meaning of a proposition consists of the operations involved in proving or applying it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h3ep- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h3épos Proto-Italic *opos Latin opus Latin opera Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -or Latin operor Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin operātiōder. Old French operacionbor. Middle English operacioun English operation English -al English operational Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English operationalism From operational + -ism.
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