Meanings
adjectivemethodological (comparative more methodological, superlative most methodological)
comparative more methodological · superlative most methodological
- Of, pertaining to, or using methodology or a methodology.
No single study will ever be able to overcome any and all methodological limitations.
2006, Paul D. Hastings, Johanna Vyncke, Caroline Sullivan, Kelly E. McShane, Michael Benibgui, William Utendale, Children's Development of Social Competence Across Family Types1 more example
The value of pedagogical material informed by objective methodological procedures developed in corpus linguistics is widely recognized.
2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Advancing disciplinary literacy through English for academic purposes: Discipline-specific wordlists, collocations and word families for eight secondary subjects”, in Journal of English for Academic Purposes, volume 35, →DOI, page 106
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
- Englishmethodology
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishmethodological
From methodology + -ical.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan metodològic
- metodològicof, pertaining to, or using methodology
Czech metodologický
- metodologickýof, pertaining to, or using methodology
French méthodologique
- méthodologiqueof, pertaining to, or using methodology
German methodologisch
- methodologischof, pertaining to, or using methodology
Hungarian módszertani
- módszertaniof, pertaining to, or using methodology
Italian metodologico
- metodologicoof, pertaining to, or using methodology
Polish metodologiczny
- metodologicznyof, pertaining to, or using methodology
Portuguese metodológico
- metodológicoof, pertaining to, or using methodology
Romanian metodologic
- metodologicof, pertaining to, or using methodology
Russian методологи́ческий
- методологи́ческий (metodologíčeskij)of, pertaining to, or using methodology
Spanish metodológico
- metodológicoof, pertaining to, or using methodology
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APA
methodological. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/methodological
MLA
“methodological.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/methodological. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “methodological,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/methodological.
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