Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A body of practices, procedures, and rules used by those who work in a discipline or engage in an inquiry; a set of working methods: the methodology of genetic studies; a poll marred by faulty methodology.
- n. The study or theoretical analysis of such working methods.
- n. The branch of logic that deals with the general principles of the formation of knowledge.
- n. Usage Problem Means, technique, or procedure; method.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A branch of logic whose office it is to show how the abstract principles of the science are to be applied to the production of knowledge; the doctrine of definition and division; in a broader sense, the science of method in scientific procedure.
- n. A treatise on method.
Wiktionary
- n. The study of methods used in a field.
- n. proscribed A collection of methods, practices, procedures and rules used by those who work in some field.
- n. The implementation of such methods etc.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The science of method or arrangement; a treatise on method.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the branch of philosophy that analyzes the principles and procedures of inquiry in a particular discipline
- n. the system of methods followed in a particular discipline
Etymologies
- From method + -ology (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Howard: What in the hell kind of methodology is that, and what would it prove?”
“The methodology is explained in this page and through this tool, people can send their secret follower messages, and anyone can also check out their own present.”
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“This article came from the Mexican press and, although the methodology is not detailed, clearly argues differently.”
Most victims of violent crime in Mexico not connected with narcotics
“There are other factors involved, of course, but when making comparisons over a 40 year stretch the differences in methodology should be kept in mind.”
The Productivity Story, Continued, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“Eh? Well, perhaps, if your methodology is to exclude the larger part of Medicare from your definition of "Medicare".”
The Budget Debate, VII, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“His methodology is to take as his starting point contemporary developments in society and culture, then he listens to the solutions offered my his fellow theologians before returning to a critical examination of Scripture and Tradition for pointers to a solution.”
“It is this negative aspect that permeates the literature on lockstep activities in methodology books.”
“Of course there has to be trust that the methodology is rigorous.”
Study: points influence consumer perceptions! | Dr Vino's wine blog
“But deciding on this methodology is not a technical judgement!”
Crowd-Sourced Carbon Calculators (inspired by David Mackay) | Serendipity
“Their methodology is bogus; SoWat is not a statistically significant sample.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘methodology’.
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BUDG - general terms
Budgetese - not a sexy topic but a very comprehensive list of words and collocations used in EU circles. Budgeting experts please comment and expand.
heading, across-the-board ..., emergency reserve, frontload, mopping-up, performance reserve, positive margin, negative margin, public finances, structural operat..., administrative ex..., management of EU ... and 657 more...
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CONT - general terms
additionality, audit trail, accounting standards, auditing standards, general audit obj..., a posteriori audit, a priori audit, above board, acceptable error ..., access rights, accountability, accountable entities and 1283 more...
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SCIE - mathematics
The most frequent words in the titles of mathematical books and journals (www.sciencedirect.com)
surface, administration, project, motion, machine, medical, vision, solid, shape, scheme, income, proceed and 205 more...
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EN - academic vocabulary
Use these and get promoted
abandon, abandonment, abnormally, abstract, abstraction, abstractly, abstracts, academia, academic, academically, academics, academies and 3119 more...
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-ism's -logies
acosmism, absurdism, absolutism, ableism, aestheticism, alarmism, allotheism, anachronism, animalculism, analogism, animatism, animism and 464 more...
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EU Buzz - single words (1+2+3)
1. Strictly EU terms with special European meaning used only in the EU
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2. Keywords central to the understanding of the EU (people working for the EU are usually able to give thematic...acceleration, action, additionality, administrator, agenda, agricultural, agri-environmental, agriflation, agri-food, applicant, approach, assent and 1325 more...
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[Open] Frequently confused and misused
Words that are often used to mean something other than what they mean to lexicographers.
apprehensible, immanent, eminent, seamen, venal, venial, brassiere, brassier, brasserie, brazier, brasier, elegy and 38 more...
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framework
concept, structure, requirement, infrastructure, tool, context, approach, perspective, environment, mechanism, architecture, platform and 4 more...
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Manji's Random Wordlist
The title says it all
velour, vivacity, subterfuge, sable, divination, gentry, vindication, compendium, pistons, metamorphosis, methodology, polyphony and 91 more...
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M'ogle
As to feature the creature "mog".
cosmogony, transmogrify, glom, golem, mog, mogul, moggy, smog, demogenic, cormogeny, seismograph, primogenitor and 359 more...
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ologies
technology, zymology, zygology, zoophytology, zoophysiology, zoopathology, zoonosology, zoology, zoogeology, zooarchaeology, xylology, vulcanology and 850 more...
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WrightHandWords's Words
yclept, unction, prana, satya, abhyasa, vairagya, yoga, ashtanga, acronym, etymology, asana, widget and 286 more...
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hypothesis / formulation
formulations, implementation, interpretation, terminology, modeling, framework, methodology, formula, exposition, evaluation, specification, classification and 20 more...
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Philosophical
Hegelianism, hylism, hylozoism, immaterialism, indeterminism, intuitionism, Kantianism, logicism, monism, nihilism, nominalism, objectivism and 44 more...
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