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

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky