idiographic

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/ˌɪ.di.əʊˈɡɹæ.fɪk/

adjective

of or pertaining to individuals

Opposite
nomothetic
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Meanings

adjectiveidiographic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablehuman sciencesof or pertaining to individuals

    Dr Esterson's next book, The Leaves of Spring - a Study in the Dialectics of Madness, is an illuminating idiographic study, devoted for the major part to the painstaking, detailed study of a patient and her family, investigated and treated as the interacting elements of a unity.

    1999 August 14, The Herald
  2. not comparableOf or pertaining to idiography or to an idiograph

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiverelating to or involving the study of individuals

Opposite
nomothetic

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Finnish idiografinen
  • idiografinenTranslations
German idiographisch
  • idiographischTranslations
Italian idiografico
  • idiograficoTranslations
Russian идиографи́ческий
  • идиографи́ческий (idiografíčeskij)Translations
Spanish idiográfico
  • idiográficoTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

idiographic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/idiographic

MLA

“idiographic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/idiographic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “idiographic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/idiographic.

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