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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).
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Nomothetic
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| nomothetic or nomothetical (ˌnɒməˈθɛtɪk) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | giving or enacting laws; legislative |
| 2. | psychol Compare idiographic of or relating to the search for general laws or traits, esp in personality theory |
| [C17: from Greek nomothetikos, from nomothetēs lawgiver] | |
| nomothetical or nomothetical | |
| —adj | |
| [C17: from Greek nomothetikos, from nomothetēs lawgiver] | |
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