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OPERATIONALISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does operationalism mean?
• OPERATIONALISM (noun)
The noun OPERATIONALISM has 1 sense:
1. (philosophy) the doctrine that the meaning of a proposition consists of the operations involved in proving or applying it
Familiarity information: OPERATIONALISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(philosophy) the doctrine that the meaning of a proposition consists of the operations involved in proving or applying it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("operationalism" is a kind of...):
philosophical doctrine; philosophical theory (a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy)
Domain category:
philosophy (the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics)
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