methodology

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

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

From French méthodologie. By surface analysis, method + -ology.

Thus architectonic is the doctrine of the scientific in cognition, and therefore necessarily forms part of our methodology. — The Critique of Pure Reason, Immanuel Kant
They never got an answer to that question, and thus they won the battle and DES is still the approved encryption methodology for banks. — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau
Under an invisible spell, they always revolve once more in the same orbit, however independent of each other they may feel themselves with their critical or systematic wills, something within them leads them, something impels them in definite order the one after the other--to wit, the innate methodology and relationship of their ideas. — Beyond Good and Evil, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

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