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nomothetic

/ˌnɒməˈθɛtɪk/

nomothetic adjective: relating to the underlying laws of a subject.

Adjective

nomothetic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the underlying laws of a subject.
    • A focus on averaged risk effects, estimated across people, may occlude idiographic within-person processes which could aid in the precise detection of individual-level correlates of suicide. The present study focuses on new statistical models applied to intensive longitudinal data to quantify...2024 June 5, Kevin S. Kuehn, Marilyn L. Piccirillo, Adam M. Kuczynski, Kevin M. King, Colin A. Depp, Katherine T. Foster, “Person-specific dynamics between negative emotions and suicidal thoughts”...
    Antonyms:
    idiographic

nomothetic meaning in Urdu and Indonesian

nomothetic in Urdu

کلیاتی, قانون ساز, شارع

nomothetic in Indonesian

Translations
nomotetik, nomotetis

Antonyms of nomothetic

Forms of nomothetic

alternative formnomothetical

Origin of nomothetic

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νομοθετικός (nomothetikós).

Questions about nomothetic

What does nomothetic mean?
Nomothetic means relating to the underlying laws of a subject.
What is nomothetic in Urdu?
Nomothetic in Urdu is کلیاتی, قانون ساز, شارع. See Nomothetic meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is nomothetic?
Nomothetic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce nomothetic?
Nomothetic is pronounced /ˌnɒməˈθɛtɪk/.

Words near nomothetic in the dictionary

  1. nomotheist
  2. nomotheistic
  3. nomotheists
  4. nomothete
  5. nomothetes
  6. nomothetic
  7. nomothetical
  8. nomothetically
  9. nomothetics
  10. nomotreme
  11. nomoxic

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