nomothetic

Adjective

Meaning

Alt. of Nomothetical

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

congressional senatorial parliamentarian legislative parliamentary lawmaking synodical enacting decreeing legislatorial jurisdictive lawgiving nomothetical ordaining nomistic
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Antonyms

idiographic

Related terms

nomothetics

Anagrams

monothetic

Examples

In 1884, Kantian philosopher Wilhelm Windelband coined the terms nomothetic and idiographic to describe these two divergent approaches. Source: Internet

He observed that most scientists employ some mix of both, but in differing proportions; he considered physics a perfect example of a nomothetic science, and history, an idiographic science. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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