Methodology

Noun

 * 1) The study of methods used in a field.
 * 2)  A collection of methods, practices, procedures and rules used by those who work in some field.
 * 3) The implementation of such methods etc.

Derived terms

 * methodological
 * methodologically

Thesaurus
MO, action, actions, activity, acts, address, affectation, air, algorithm, anality, apple-pie order, approach, arrangement, attack, bearing, behavior, behavior pattern, behavioral norm, behavioral science, blueprint, blueprinting, calculation, carriage, charting, comportment, conception, conduct, contrivance, course, culture pattern, custom, demeanor, deportment, design, device, discipline, disposition, doing, doings, enterprise, envisagement, fashion, figuring, fine fettle, folkway, foresight, forethought, form, game, gestures, goings-on, good condition, good shape, good trim, graphing, ground plan, guidelines, guise, idea, intention, layout, line, line of action, lines, lineup, long-range plan, maintien, manner, manner of working, manners, mapping, master plan, means, method, methodicalness, methods, mien, mode, mode of operation, mode of procedure, modus operandi, modus vivendi, motions, movements, moves, neatness, observable behavior, operations research, order, orderliness, organization, pattern, plan, planning, planning function, poise, port, pose, posture, practice, praxis, prearrangement, presence, procedure, proceeding, process, program, program of action, rationalization, routine, schedule, schema, schematism, schematization, scheme, scheme of arrangement, setup, social science, strategic plan, strategy, style, system, systematicness, systematization, tack, tactical plan, tactics, technique, the big picture, the drill, the how, the picture, the way of, tidiness, tone, trimness, way, way of life, ways, wise, working plan

Etymology
From method: + -ology:

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