researchableadj.
/rᵻˈsəːtʃəbl/, U.S. /rəˈsərtʃəb(ə)l/, /riˈsərtʃəb(ə)l/, /ˈriˌsərtʃəb(ə)l/ Worthy of being researched; suitable for researching.
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the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > research > [adjective] > suitable for research
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1927 L. Berman Relig. called Behaviorism 47 The nature of the conscious, its causes and its effects, seems to me to be a perfectly respectable, perfectly legitimate, researchable scientific problem.
1943 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 8 165/2 A necessary step in transposing Flügel's observations into researchable problems is to develop approximations of courtship behaviour.
1967 L. von Bertalanffy Robots, Men & Minds ii. 86 There is a wealth of researchable and fascinating problems which..will open new perspectives and bring evolution into the framework of organismic and systems thinking.
2005 M. Popper Leaders who transform Society i. 10 Due to the lack of researchable theoretical concepts, the development of leaders has barely been investigated.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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