WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
nom•o•thet•ic
(nom′ə thet′ik),USA pronunciation adj.
- giving or establishing laws;
legislative. - founded upon or derived from law.
- Psychologypertaining to or involving the study or formulation of general or universal laws (opposed to idiographic).
- Greek nomothetikós. See nomo-, thetic
- 1650–60
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