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operationalism noun. M20.
[from OPERATIONAL + -ISM.]
Philosophy. A form of positivism which defines scientific concepts in terms of the operations used to determine or prove them.
operationalist noun & adjective (a) noun an adherent of operationalism; (b) adjective of or pertaining to operationalists or operationalism: M20.