nomothetic
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 (opposed to idiographic).
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But while every natural science has its nomothetic side, it also has another half of a very different kind.
The Science and Philosophy of the Organism | Hans Driesch
British Dictionary definitions for nomothetic
nomothetical
/ (ˌnɒməˈθɛtɪk) /
giving or enacting laws; legislative
psychol of or relating to the search for general laws or traits, esp in personality theory: Compare idiographic
Origin of nomothetic
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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