operationalism
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
operationalism/ɒpəˈreɪʃ(ə)n(ə)lɪz(ə)m/
▶noun Philosophy a form of positivism which defines scientific concepts in terms of the operations used to determine or prove them.
– derivatives
operationalist noun & adjective.
operationalist noun & adjective.
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