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adj
Relating to the underlying laws of a subject.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: idiographic
adjective
relating to or involving the search for abstract universal principles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: idiographic
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nem-der. Proto-Indo-European *németi Proto-Hellenic *némō Ancient Greek νέμω (némō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos) Proto-Indo-European *dheh1- Proto-Indo-European *dhédheh1ti Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi) Ancient Greek -της (-tēs) Ancient Greek νομοθέτης (nomothétēs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek νομοθετικός (nomothetikós)bor. English nomothetic Borrowed from Ancient Greek νομοθετικός (nomothetikós).
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
