methodist

plural methodists

1. One who follows a method.
2. historyOne who limits the domain of science to that which can be investigated using the scientific method.

   The story about Popper's actual epistemological commitments is at odds with the expectations for the father of the natural scientific method, the one revered by those who swear by their datasets as well as reviled as a banal "methodist" in the well-known essay by political theorist Sheldon Wolin:

   2011, Jacqueline Stevens, “Anarchist Methods and Political Theory”, in Jimmy Casas Klausen, James R. Martel, editors, How Not to be Governed: Readings and Interpretations from a Critical Anarchist Left, page 8

3. alternativeAlternative form of Methodist.

plural Methodists · alternative methodist

1. A member of the Methodist Church; a Wesleyan.

   After years of debate, hundreds of United Methodists from all over the world gathered in St. Louis last week to settle the denomination’s stance on LGBT clergy and same-sex weddings.

   2019 March 3, Dakin Andone, “Fractured after vote against LGBT clergy, weddings, United Methodists face possible split”, in CNN, archived from the original on 20 Nov 2023

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   The question, which visibly moved Clinton, delves into an area of the candidate’s life that is deeply personal but rarely discussed. Clinton’s friends and confidants describe the former first lady as a devout Methodist whose faith guides much of what she does.

   2016 January 25, Dan Merica, “In personal exchange, Clinton laments using faith to ‘judge so harshly’”, in CNN, archived from the original on 06 Sep 2022

   Synonyms: Methodish

comparative more Methodist · superlative most Methodist · alternative methodist

1. Of or pertaining to the branch of Christianity that descends from the religious societies overseen by John Wesley (1703–1791) among others.

   Clinton’s faith is something she developed as a child growing up in Park Ridge, Illinois, attending the suburb’s First Methodist Church.

   2016 January 25, Dan Merica, “In personal exchange, Clinton laments using faith to ‘judge so harshly’”, in CNN, archived from the original on 06 Sep 2022

   Synonyms: Meth.