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transdisciplinarian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

From trans- + discipline + -arian.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Incorporating multiple disciplines; transdisciplinary.
    • The Program Ethnomathematics is a transdisciplinarian and transcultural research program on the evolution of behavior and knowledge in the human species. 2018, Zehlia Babaci-Wilhite, Promoting Language and STEAM as Human Rights in Education, Springer, →ISBN, page 172:
    • Research in ethnomathematics is, thus, necessarily transcultural and transdisciplinarian. The encounters are examined in its widest form, to permit exploration of more indirect interactions and influences, and to permit examination of subjects ... 2016, Paul Ernest, Bharath Sriraman, Nuala Ernest, Critical Mathematics Education, IAP, →ISBN, page 30:

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transdisciplinarity

transdisciplinarian en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From trans- + discipline + -arian.

Meanings

  1. One whose area of work or study crosses and holistically incorporates multiple disciplines (e.g. both architecture and philosophy).
    • The essential difference between the transdisciplinarian (the architect collaborating with a philosopher) and the multidisciplinary equivalent is that the transdisciplinarian assumes their own specialty (discipline) will be transformed ... 2008, Stichting Archis, Destination Library:

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