nomothetic

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nomothetic - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

nomothetic - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  nomothetic
      adj 1: relating to or involving the search for abstract
             universal principles [ant: idiographic]