Definition
operationist
noun
- a person who operates a machine, device, or system
- a philosopher or scientist who advocates operationism, the view that scientific concepts should be defined by the operations used to measure or test them
Usage: philosophy of science; technical
Examples
- The operationist carefully adjusted the controls on the industrial machinery.
- She worked as an operationist at the telecommunications company.
- In the philosophy of science, an operationist argues that 'temperature' should be defined by how we measure it with a thermometer.
- The operationist approach emphasizes measurable procedures over abstract definitions.
- He trained as an operationist to manage the complex laboratory equipment.