adjective
- relating to or involving the study of individual cases or events rather than general laws or principles
Usage: academic; psychology; social sciences
Examples
- The researcher used an idiographic approach to study each patient’s unique symptoms.
- Idiographic methods focus on understanding particular individuals rather than broad patterns.
- The psychologist preferred idiographic research over nomothetic studies.
- Her idiographic analysis revealed important details about the specific case.
- The study combined both idiographic and nomothetic approaches.
- Idiographic research is valuable for understanding complex individual differences.