nomothetics

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noun

system defining laws or rules

OriginAncient Greek νομοθετικός →
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Meanings

nounnomothetics (countable and uncountable, plural nomothetics)
  1. countablerareuncountablehuman sciencessystem defining laws or rules

    1999, Kant (Guyer and Wood trans.), Critique of Pure Reason, Cambridge University Press. The antimony that reveals itself in the application of the law is for our limited wisdom the best way to test nomothetics[.]

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekνομοθετικός
  2. Englishnomothetics

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νομοθετικός (nomothetikós).

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Translations

Finnish nomotetiikka
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APA

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

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

Chicago

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