Transdisciplinarian
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 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 ..."
- 1 Incorporating multiple disciplines; transdisciplinary. not-comparable
"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 ..."
Example
More examples"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 ..."
Etymology
From trans- + discipline + -arian.
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