methodological

methodological

English

Etymology

    From methodology + -ical.

    Pronunciation

    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌmɛθ.ə.dəˈlɒd͡ʒ.ɪ.kəl/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌmɛθ.ə.dəˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪ.kəl/
    • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌmeθ.ə.dəˈlɔd͡ʒ.ɪ.kəl/

    Adjective

    methodological (comparative more methodological, superlative most methodological)

    1. Of, pertaining to, or using methodology or a methodology.
      • 2006, Paul D. Hastings, Johanna Vyncke, Caroline Sullivan, Kelly E. McShane, Michael Benibgui, William Utendale, Children's Development of Social Competence Across Family Types:
        No single study will ever be able to overcome any and all methodological limitations.
      • 2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Advancing disciplinary literacy through English for academic purposes: Discipline-specific wordlists, collocations and word families for eight secondary subjects”, in Journal of English for Academic Purposes, volume 35, →DOI, page 106:
        The value of pedagogical material informed by objective methodological procedures developed in corpus linguistics is widely recognized.

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