APA Dictionary of Psychology
nomology
- n.
- the science or study of law and lawfulness.
- the branch of science concerned with the formulation of natural laws, especially causal laws. A nomological approach is one that strives for causal explanations of phenomena, rather than merely classifying them. See deductive-nomological model. —nomological adj.
Updated on 04/19/2018
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