idiographic
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Related to idiographic: idiographic method, Homothetic
id·i·o·graph·ic
(ĭd′ē-ō-grăf′ĭk)adj.
Relating to or concerned with discrete or unique facts or events: History is an idiographic discipline, studying events that cannot be repeated.
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idiographic
(ˌɪdɪəʊˈɡræfɪk)adj
(Psychology) psychol of or relating to the study of individuals. Compare nomothetic
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id•i•o•graph•ic
(ˌɪd i əˈgræf ɪk)adj.
of or involving the study or explication of individual cases or events.
[1905–10]
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Adj. | 1. | idiographic - relating to or involving the study of individuals psychological science, psychology - the science of mental life nomothetic - relating to or involving the search for abstract universal principles |
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idiographique