: relating to or dealing with something concrete, individual, or unique
idiographic case studies
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebStill, nothing about this idiographic method actually prevents the historian from comparing one event to another. Peter E. Gordon, The New York Review of Books, 7 Jan. 2020
Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary
First Known Use
1899, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
idiographic
adjective
id·io·graph·ic ˌid-ē-ə-ˈgraf-ik
: relating to or dealing with the concrete, individual, or unique compare nomothetic