nomothetic

Relating to the study or discovery of general scientific laws; rarely used in modern English.

• 🇩🇪Bezieht sich auf das Aufstellen oder Entdecken allgemeiner wissenschaftlicher Gesetze; wird im modernen Englisch selten verwendet.

1. Relating to universal principles C2 formal

   Concerned with the study or discovery of general laws or abstract universal principles, especially in science or philosophy.

   • The nomothetic approach in psychology seeks to establish general laws of behavior.
   • His research is nomothetic, aiming to find patterns that apply to all humans.
   • Nomothetic methods are often contrasted with idiographic approaches in social sciences.

   🇩🇪Nomothetisch

   Synonyme: abstractgeneraltheoreticaluniversal

   Antonyme: idiographicparticularistic

• more nomothetic comparative form
• most nomothetic superlative form