methodology
English
Noun
(wikipedia methodology )
(methodologies)
The study of methods used in a field.
(proscribed) A collection of methods, practices, procedures and rules used by those who work in some field.
The implementation of such methods etc.
Usage notes
Etymologically, methodology‘ refers to the ”study” of methods. Thus the use of ”’methodology as a synonym for (methods) (or other simple terms such as ”means,” ”technique,” or ”procedure ) is proscribed as both inaccurate and pretentious.
Derived terms
* methodological
* methodologically
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framework
Noun
(en noun )
(literally) The arrangement of support beams that represent a building’s general shape and size.
(figuratively) The larger branches of a tree that determine its shape.
(figuratively, especially in, computing) A basic conceptual structure.
* {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April
, author=John T. Jost
, title=Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?
, volume=100, issue=2, page=162
, magazine=(American Scientist)
citation
, passage=He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair.}}
- These ‘three principles of connexion’ comprise the framework of principles in Hume’s account of the association of ideas.
(literally) The identification and categorisation of processes or steps that constitute a complex task or mindset in order to render explicit the tacit and implicit.
Derived terms
* architectural framework
* framework agreement
* software framework
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