operationalism

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

operationalism
    n 1: (philosophy) the doctrine that the meaning of a proposition
         consists of the operations involved in proving or applying
         it

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

operationalism \operationalism\ n. (Philos.)
   the doctrine that the meaning of a proposition consists of
   the operations involved in defining, proving, or applying it.
   [WordNet 1.5]

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