interdisciplinarity
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- noun
- /ˌɪntərˌdɪsəˈplɪnərɪti/
- Formal
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interdisciplinariedad
- The success of the project depended on the interdisciplinarity of the team, which included experts in biology, chemistry, and computer science.
- barriers to interdisciplinarity
- kind of interdisciplinarity
- form of interdisciplinarity
Examples
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Progression from multi-disciplinarity to interdisciplinarity is not inevitable within projects (Klein 1990).
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Educators are increasingly recognizing the importance of interdisciplinarity in developing comprehensive curricula that cover multiple subjects.
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The third issue concerns interdisciplinarity: if one art is good, more together are better.
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The reasons include all four of the main barriers to interdisciplinarity discussed above.
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Below, we elaborate on these barriers to collective interdisciplinarity and discuss more specific examples.
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When I was asked by the Art Bulletin to write something about "interdisciplinarity," it seemed like an easy task.
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The issue of interdisciplinarity is formulated, but not discussed in its proper terms.
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Everyone involved in the heated debate over interdisciplinarity, curiously, appears to be on the same side.
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The respondents overwhelmingly rejected the notion that interdisciplinarity is best left to senior researchers.
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Going back to the idea that evolutionary psychology promotes greater interdisciplinarity and consilience.
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Synonyms
Work that uses methods and ideas from two or more subjects to study a problem
Mixing ideas from different people or fields to make new solutions
How Interdisciplinary
Surface Forms
Morphology
interdisciplinarity = interdisciplinary (transparent) = inter + disciplin + ary + ity
Formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ity' to the adjective 'interdisciplinary'; this is a regular adjective-to-noun derivation.
Etymology
The word interdisciplinarity starts with inter- ('between'), like in international, and uses discipline ('a subject or field of study'), so it literally means 'between subjects'. That's why interdisciplinarity means working with two or more fields together to study or solve a problem.