methodologistn.
/ˌmɛθəˈdɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /ˌmɛθəˈdɑlədʒəst/ A student or practitioner of methodology; one who studies method or procedure.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > [noun] > adherent or student of
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > [noun] > process, method, rule > science of > exponent of
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1865 Fraser's Mag. May 609 The French are miraculous methodologists.
1883 American 6 10 Lord Bacon was the first to call in question the doctrine of final causes. He did so only as a methodologist.
1949 E. A. Shils & H. A. Finch tr. M. Weber Methodol. of Social Sci. iii. 113 The professional methodologist will take umbrage at many of Meyer's formulations.
1964 J. Gould & W. L. Kolb Dict. Social Sci. 425/2 The methodologist examines systematically and logically the aptness of all research tools, varying from basic assumptions to special research techniques, for the scientific purpose.
1987 A. Pagnini in Philos. Q. Jan. 103 Lorenzer expounds Freud as a psychoanalyst and not as a philosopher or methodologist of the social sciences.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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