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nomothetic
[ nom-uh-thet-ik ]
adjective
- giving or establishing laws; legislative.
- founded upon or derived from law.
- Psychology. pertaining to or involving the study or formulation of general or universal laws ( idiographic ).
nomothetic
/ ˌnɒməˈθɛtɪk /
adjective
- giving or enacting laws; legislative
- See idiographicpsychol of or relating to the search for general laws or traits, esp in personality theory Compare idiographic
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Origin of nomothetic1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of nomothetic1
C17: from Greek nomothetikos, from nomothetēs lawgiver
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But while every natural science has its nomothetic side, it also has another half of a very different kind.
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