methodist

One who follows a method.

Noun

  1. One who follows a method.
  2. One 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...
  3. Alternative form of Methodist.

Origin

From method + -ist.

Forms

methodists

Derived

amethodist methodistic