ethnomethodologicaladj.
/ˌɛθnəʊˌmɛθədəˈlɒdʒᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌɛθnoʊˌmɛθədəˈlɑdʒəkəl/ Social Sciences.
Of or relating to ethnomethodology.
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ethnomethodological1965
1965 Social Res. 32 255 The ethnomethodological study of rational organization.
1967 H. Garfinkel Stud. Ethnomethodol. p. v Ethnomethodological studies analyze everyday activities as members' methods for making those same activities visibly-rational-and-reportable-for-all-practical-purposes, i.e., ‘accountable’, as organizations of commonplace everyday activities.
1984 Lang. & Communication 4 i. 72 The ethnomethodological concern to analyse ‘real’ data in ‘real’ situations.
2011 R. Schroeder Being there Together ii. 59 The problem of not being able to generalize from micro-contexts of interaction in phenomenological or ethnomethodological studies of interaction is well known.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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