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id·i·o·graph·ic (ĭd'ē-ō-grăf'ĭk) ![]() |
| Geography Dictionary: idiographic |
Concerned with establishing the uniqueness of a phenomenon: an individual, a place, or a region, for example. The idiographic approach has been the underlying basis of regional geography which is concerned with establishing and explaining the differences between places. See chorography. This contrasts with the nomothetic approach, which tries to find similarities between phenomena and to formulate ‘laws’ about social behaviour.
| Archaeology Dictionary: idiographic |
1. Term used to describe a form of writing in which the signs or characters represent ideas. Ideographic writing may use either crude pictures copied from nature (pictograph) or symbols derived from pictures which express objects or ideas.
2. Particularistic; unique; specific as opposed to general.
| WordNet: idiographic |
The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
(psychology) relating to or involving the study of individuals
Antonym: nomothetic (meaning #1)
| nomothetic (philosophy) | |
| exceptionalism | |
| idiographic/nomothetic methods (philosophy) |
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| An idiographic study tends to observe personality in terms of more idiotic behavior that people may enact? | |
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