Associations to the word «Methodology»

Wiktionary

METHODOLOGY, noun. The study of methods used in a field.
METHODOLOGY, noun. (proscribed) A collection of methods, practices, procedures and rules used by those who work in some field.
METHODOLOGY, noun. The implementation of such methods etc.

Dictionary definition

METHODOLOGY, noun. The branch of philosophy that analyzes the principles and procedures of inquiry in a particular discipline.
METHODOLOGY, noun. The system of methods followed in a particular discipline.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats