Meanings
nounphenomenography (countable and uncountable, plural phenomenographies)
plural phenomenographies
- countableuncountableA qualitative methodology applied in educational research that investigates the qualitatively different ways in which people experience something or think about something.
- countablerareuncountableAn analysis produced with this methodology.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂nyéti
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáňňō
- Ancient Greekφαίνω (phaínō)
- Ancient Greekφαινόμενον (phainómenon)
- Late Latinphaenomenon
- Englishphenomenon
- Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
- Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
- Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
- Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
- Englishphenomenography
From phenomenon + -o- + -graphy.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish fenomenografia
- fenomenografiaresearch methodology
French phénoménographie
- phénoménographieresearch methodology
Polish fenomenografia
- fenomenografiaresearch methodology
Swedish fenomenografi
- fenomenografiresearch methodology
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phenomenography. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phenomenography
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“phenomenography.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phenomenography. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phenomenography,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phenomenography.
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