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Meaning of "operationalism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OPERATIONALISM

operationalism  [ˌɒpəˈreɪʃənəˌlɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OPERATIONALISM

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Operationalism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OPERATIONALISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Operationalization

In research design, especially in psychology, social sciences, life sciences, and physics operationalization is a process of defining the measurement of a phenomenon that is not directly measurable, though its existence is indicated by other phenomena. It is the process of defining a fuzzy concept so as to make the theoretical concept clearly distinguishable or measurable, and to understand it in terms of empirical observations. In a wider sense, it refers to the process of specifying the extension of a concept—describing what is and is not a part of that concept. For example, in medicine, the phenomenon of health might be operationalized by one or more indicators like body mass index or tobacco smoking. Thus, some phenomena are directly difficult to observe, but their existence can be inferred by means of their observable effects. The concept of operationalization was first presented by the British physicist N. R. Campbell in his 'Physics: The Elements'. This concept next spread to humanities and social sciences. It remains in use in physics.

Definition of operationalism in the English dictionary

The definition of operationalism in the dictionary is the theory that scientific terms are defined by the experimental operations which determine their applicability.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OPERATIONALISM


brutalism
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capitalism
ˈkæpɪtəˌlɪzəm
colonialism
kəˈləʊnɪəˌlɪzəm
formalism
ˈfɔːməˌlɪzəm
imperialism
ɪmˈpɪərɪəˌlɪzəm
journalism
ˈdʒɜːnəˌlɪzəm
liberalism
ˈlɪbərəˌlɪzəm
literalism
ˈlɪtərəˌlɪzəm
materialism
məˈtɪərɪəˌlɪzəm
metabolism
mɪˈtæbəˌlɪzəm
minimalism
ˈmɪnɪməˌlɪzəm
nationalism
ˈnæʃənəˌlɪzəm
Orientalism
ˌɔːrɪˈɛntəˌlɪzəm
photojournalism
ˌfəʊtəʊˈdʒɜːnəˌlɪzəm
professionalism
prəˈfɛʃənəˌlɪzəm
realism
ˈrɪəˌlɪzəm
socialism
ˈsəʊʃəˌlɪzəm
surrealism
səˈrɪəˌlɪzəm
symbolism
ˈsɪmbəˌlɪzəm
vandalism
ˈvændəˌlɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OPERATIONALISM

operation
Operation Barbarossa
operation code
Operation Desert Storm
Operation Overlord
Operation Sealion
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operational research
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WORDS THAT END LIKE OPERATIONALISM

alcoholism
cannibalism
citizen journalism
communalism
environmentalism
factionalism
federalism
fundamentalism
idealism
individualism
industrialism
initialism
intellectualism
multiculturalism
multilateralism
mutualism
pastoralism
photorealism
pluralism
spiritualism
traditionalism

Synonyms and antonyms of operationalism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «operationalism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OPERATIONALISM

Find out the translation of operationalism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of operationalism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «operationalism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

操作主义
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

operacionalismo
570 millions of speakers

English

operationalism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

operationalism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

operationalism
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

операционализм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

operacionalismo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

operationalism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

opérationnalisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Operationalism
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Operationalismus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

operationalism
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

operationalism
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Operationalism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

operationalism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

operationalism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

परिचालनवाद
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

işlemsellik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

operazionalismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

operationalism
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

операціоналізм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

operationalism
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΣΜΟΣ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

operasionalisme
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

operationalism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

operationalism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of operationalism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OPERATIONALISM»

The term «operationalism» is used very little and occupies the 174.880 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OPERATIONALISM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about operationalism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OPERATIONALISM»

Discover the use of operationalism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to operationalism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Re-engineering Philosophy for Limited Beings: Piecewise ...
Definitional operationalism is the view that philosophers know as operationalism, that the meaning of theoretical terms is to be defined in terms of the experimental operations used in measuring that theoretical quantity. Multiple means of ...
William C. Wimsatt, 2007
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Anthropological Research: The Structure of Inquiry
When we survey the great welter of anthropological work that is produced without any semblance of operationalism, we can be assured that most of the anthropological enterprise would experience a drastic slowdown if complete operationism ...
‎1978
3
Methodology and Epistemology for Social Sciences: Selected ...
alternative to definitional operationalism is multiple operationalism, also to become known as convergent operationalism and methodological triangulation. It is very obvious in this essay and in others that Campbell rejects definitionalism but ...
Donald T. Campbell, E. Samuel Overman, 1988
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Philosophical Theories of Probability
Operationalism is appropriate for the social sciences, but not for the natural sciences I have argued in this chapter and the previous chapter in favour of a pluralist view of probability which involves accepting both the subjective (and ...
Donald Gillies, 2012
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The Philosophy of Science
His most important contribution in this area is his treatment of operationalism. Bridgman should not be named the inventor of operationalism; he explicitly gives credit to Einstein for using it in developing the theory of special relativity ( Bridgman ...
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Curriculum Studies: Curriculum forms
33-34) Although this operationalism is to be distinguished from behaviourism, it still carries a number of strong implications in the practical context of teaching. It implies that all teaching objectives must either be translated into operational terms ...
David Scott, 2003
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Cultural Psychology and Qualitative Methodology: Theoretical ...
The flaws in operationalism led many of its early proponents to abandon it. Philosophers Carnap, Hempel, and Ayer, along with psychologists Tolman, Koch, Brunswick, Campbell, Fiske, R. Cattell, Guthrie, and Neal Miller, were notable ...
Carl Ratner, 1997
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Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Index
Hardcastle, G. (1995) 'S.S. Stevens' Philosophy of Science', Philosophy of Science 62: 404-24. (Assesses relations of Steven's operationalism to other behaviourisms and positivism.) Hempel, C.G.(1952) Fundamentals of Concept Formation ...
Edward Craig, 1998
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An Introduction To the Logic of Psychological Measurement
Operationalism served quite a different purpose within psychology. It was not applied in psychology with the same rigour as was used by Bridgman in applying it to physics. It was never applied in psychology to those concepts that are able to  ...
Joel Michell, 2014
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Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and ...
Operationalism is a term often associated with Skinnerian behaviorism and indeed in a sense this association is correct; not, however, in the historical sense of operationalism of Stevens (1939) or, in his attacks on behaviorism, by Spence  ...
David H. Jonassen, 2004

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OPERATIONALISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term operationalism is used in the context of the following news items.
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New wave of cuts at Department of Immigration with executives …
Sensitive portfolios like Immigration quickly become dysfunctional, and oppressive when a narrow operationalism is forced on them - this is ... «The Canberra Times, May 15»
2
Who Needs Art?
It's because we live in a technocracy dominated by a methodology called operationalism, which insists on the quantification and measurability ... «CounterPunch, Feb 14»
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Harvard University Press, 2012
The existence of electrons is mind-independent: he clarifies that the no-miracle argument was targeted against various forms of operationalism ... «Metapsychology, Sep 13»
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Operational Intelligence: Using Big Data To Cut Through The Noise
... can only see true value in their data if they are able to translate that data into operationalism in a way that can be meaningfully measured. «SiliconANGLE, Jul 13»
5
JJC Smart (1920-2012)
Smart also defended scientific realism against conventionalism, operationalism and the like. You can get a rough picture of his opponents by thinking back to ... «Philosophy Now, Jan 13»
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Wheeler's Utterly Simple Idea That Demands The Quantum
... Riemannian geometry as a-priori from operationalism). I suggest the way to derive the fact that different alternatives must correlate in stronger ... «Science 2.0, Sep 12»

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