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nomothetics

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

system defining laws or rules

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, rare, uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences

Examples

  • 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[.]

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νομοθετικός (nomothetikós).

Across languages

Translations

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  • Finnish: nomotetiikka — Translations