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id·i·o·graph·ic

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–adjective Psychology.

pertaining to or involving the study or explication of individual cases or events (opposed to nomothetic).

[Origin: 1905–10; idio- + -graphic

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id·i·o·graph·ic Audio Help (ĭd'ē-ō-grāf'ĭk) Pronunciation Key
adj. Relating to or concerned with discrete or unique facts or events: History is an idiographic discipline, studying events that cannot be repeated.

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idiographic
adjective
relating to or involving the study of individuals [ant: nomothetic]

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Main Entry: id·io·graph·ic
Pronunciation: "id-E-&-'graf-ik
Function: adjective
: relating to or dealing with the concrete, individual, or unique —compare NOMOTHETIC

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Idiographic

Id`i*o*graph"ic\, Idiographical \Id`i*o*graph"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to an idiograph.

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