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: no-mo-the-tic. The stress falls on "the".

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.