idiographic

1. 1.

   relating to or involving the study of individuals

   Antonymsnomothetic

   psychology

Questions about idiographic

What does idiographic mean?

idiographic means "relating to or involving the study of individuals".

How many syllables are in idiographic?

idiographic has 5 syllables and divides as i-di-o-gra-phic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is the opposite of idiographic?

The recorded antonyms are nomothetic.

Is idiographic a common word?

idiographic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.