methodological

[ meth-uh-dl-oj-i-kuhl ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or following the system of methods, principles, and rules that regulate a given discipline:

   This chapter provides practical advice, case studies, and methodological instruction.

   In his Principia, Sir Isaac Newton laid the methodological foundation of modern scientific theory and practice.

Other Words From

• meth·od·o·log·i·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of methodological¹

methodolog(y) ( def ) + -ical ( def )

Example Sentences

Before we get to conservatives, permit me this brief methodological digression.

From The Daily Beast

He also wrote an important methodological piece called “First Steps in the History of Reading.”

From The Daily Beast

But this, quite obviously, is merely a methodological precept, not a law of Nature.

From Project Gutenberg

The dominating trend of this movement was logical rather than methodological.

From Project Gutenberg

Progress, then, is not a "natural" fact, but a methodological one.

From Project Gutenberg

There is perhaps no science whose position in the system of knowledge offers so many methodological difficulties as psychology.

From Project Gutenberg

A big part of the difference is methodological, rather than inherent in the nature of the phenomena themselves.

From Project Gutenberg

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