nomothetic
pronunciation
How to pronounce nomothetic in British English: UK [ˌnɒmə'θetɪk]
How to pronounce nomothetic in American English: US [ˌnɒmə'θetɪk]
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- Adjective:
- relating to or involving the search for abstract universal principles
Word Origin
- nomothetic (adj.)
- "lawgiving, legislative; based on law," 1650s, from Greek nomothetikos "relating to legislation, legislative," from nomothetes "lawgiving," from nomos "usage, custom, law" (see numismatics) + thetes "one who puts, places, or establishes." Related: Nomothetical (1610s.)
Example
- 1. Economics is a nomothetic science .
- 2. Complement to the nomothetic study of behavior .
- 3. You 're saying it 's nomothetic .