nomothetic

pronunciation

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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 .

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