nomothetic

• Relatif à l'étude ou à la découverte de lois scientifiques générales ; terme surtout employé dans les sciences sociales et la philosophie, s'opposant à idiographique. Peu courant en français courant.

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

1. Relating to universal principlesC2formal

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

   Nomothétique (relatif aux lois générales)

   • 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.

   Synonymesabstractgeneraltheoreticaluniversal

   Antonymesidiographicparticularistic