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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
/ ˌɒəˈθɛɪ /
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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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of nomothetic1
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of nomothetic1
C17: from Greek nomothetikos, from Դdzdzٳŧ lawgiver
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“The nomothetic approach takes precedence, while the detailed study of an individual patient is marginalized as trivia.”
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But Berlin noted that knowledge can be nomothetic or idiographic.
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