MSN home
Mail
My MSN
encarta
greeting cards
encarta
®
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
nominalise
nominalism
nominalize
nominate
nomination
nominative
nominee
nomograph
nomothetic
-nomy
non-
non-A, non-B hepatitis
non compos mentis
non dit
non grata
non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
non-insulin-dependent diabetes
Also available:
World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français
nomothetic
nom·o·thet·ic
[
nòmmə théttik,
nmə théttik
]
or
nom·o·thet·i·cal
[
nòmmə théttik'l
]
adjective
Definition:
1.
legislative:
relating to the enactment of laws
2.
relating to discovery of general laws:
relating to the discovery of universal laws.
See also
idiographic
[
Early 17th century. < Greek
nomothetikos
<
nomothetēs
"lawgiver" <
nomos
"law"
]
nom·o·thet·i·cal·ly
adverb
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement
MSN Privacy
Legal
Advertise
Feedback
Help
© 2009 Microsoft