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nom·o·thet·ic N0133000 (nŏm′ə-thĕt′ĭk) or nom·o·thet·ic·al (-ĭk-əl)adj.1. Of or relating to lawmaking; legislative.2. Of or relating to the study or discovery of general laws, as of nature or of human behavior.
[Greek nomothetikos : nomos, law; see nem- in Indo-European roots + thetikos, thetic; see thetic.]
nom·o·thet′i·cal·ly adv.nomothetic (ˌnɒməˈθɛtɪk) or nomotheticaladj1. (Law) giving or enacting laws; legislative2. (Psychology) psychol of or relating to the search for general laws or traits, esp in personality theory. Compare idiographic[C17: from Greek nomothetikos, from nomothetēs lawgiver]Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | nomothetic - relating to or involving the search for abstract universal principlespsychological science, psychology - the science of mental lifeidiographic - relating to or involving the study of individuals |
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nom·o·thet·ic (nom'ō-thet'ik), Denoting the generalizations pertaining to the behavior of groups of people as groups, as opposed to idiographic. [G. nomos, law, + thesis, a placing] nomotheticenUK
Related to nomothetic: idiographicAntonyms for nomotheticadj relating to or involving the search for abstract universal principlesRelated Words- psychological science
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