Nomothetic

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nomothetic \Nom`o*thet"ic\, Nomothetical \Nom`o*thet"ic*al\, a.
     [Gr. ?.]
     Legislative; enacting laws; as, a nomothetical power. [R.]
     --Bp. Barlow.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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