nomothetic

1. 1.

   relating to or involving the search for abstract universal principles

   Antonymsidiographic

   psychology

Questions about nomothetic

What does nomothetic mean?

nomothetic means "relating to or involving the search for abstract universal principles".

How many syllables are in nomothetic?

nomothetic has 4 syllables and divides as no-mo-the-tic 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 nomothetic?

The recorded antonyms are idiographic.

Is nomothetic a common word?

nomothetic 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.