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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
- psychol of or relating to the search for general laws or traits, esp in personality theory Compare idiographic
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Word History and Origins
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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Example Sentences
“The nomothetic approach takes precedence, while the detailed study of an individual patient is marginalized as trivia.”
From New York Times
But Berlin noted that knowledge can be nomothetic or idiographic.
From Scientific American
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