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phenomenography

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A qualitative methodology applied in educational research that investigates the qualitatively different ways in which people experience something or think about something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 2

An analysis produced with this methodology.

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Usage: countable, rare, uncountable

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bheh2-der. Proto-Hellenic *pháňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō) Ancient Greek φαινόμενον (phainómenon)bor. Late Latin phaenomenonder. English phenomenon Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *gerbh- Proto-Hellenic *grə́phō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -graphy English phenomenography From phenomenon + -o- + -graphy.

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Translations

4 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: fenomenografia — research methodology
  • French: phénoménographie — research methodology
  • Polish: fenomenografia — research methodology
  • Swedish: fenomenografi — research methodology