NOMOTHETIC


Meaning of NOMOTHETIC in English

/nom'euh thet"ik/ , adj.

1. giving or establishing laws; legislative.

2. founded upon or derived from law.

3. Psychol. pertaining to or involving the study or formulation of general or universal laws (opposed to idiographic ).

[ 1650-60; nomothetikós. See NOMO-, THETIC ]

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