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nom·o·thet·ic

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–adjective

1.	giving or establishing laws; legislative.

2.	founded upon or derived from law.

3.	Psychology. pertaining to or involving the study or formulation of general or universal laws (opposed to idiographic).

[Origin: 1650–60; < Gk nomothetikós. See nomo-, thetic

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nom·o·thet·ic Audio Help (nŏm'ə-thět'ĭk) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Of or relating to lawmaking; legislative.
Based on a system of law.
Of or relating to the philosophy of law.
Of or relating to the study or discovery of general scientific laws.

[Greek nomothetikos : nomos, law; see nem- in Indo-European roots + thetikos, thetic; see thetic.]

nom·o·thet'i·cal·ly adv.

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nomothetic
adjective
relating to or involving the search for abstract universal principles [ant: idiographic]

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Nomothetic

Nom`o*thet"ic\, Nomothetical \Nom`o*thet"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?.] Legislative; enacting laws; as, a nomothetical power. [R.] --Bp. Barlow.

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