nomothetic

• Relativo ao estudo ou à descoberta de leis científicas gerais; opõe-se a idiográfico no debate metodológico das ciências humanas e é pouco usado em português.

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.

   Nomotético

   • 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.

   Sinônimosabstractgeneraltheoreticaluniversal

   Antônimosidiographicparticularistic