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单词 eunomia
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eunomian.

/juːˈnəʊmɪə/
Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin eunomia; Greek εὐνομία.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin eunomia (1532 or earlier) or its etymon ancient Greek εὐνομία eunomy n.In Greek mythology Eunomia is personified as a daughter of Themis and Zeus. Compare:1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 630 Not as a base, unknowne, and obscure person (as Pindarus saith) nor guiding and resting with her hand two helmes; but rather as the sister of Eunomia, that is to say Aequitie; and of Peitho, that is to say Perswasion.1604 R. Dallington View of Fraunce sig. F 4 See here the times, when the 3. fayre daughters of Themis; Eunomia, Epieikia, and Eirene; Law, Equity, and Peace, are banished their natiue Country.
= eunomy n.
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society > authority > subjection > obedience > [noun] > conformity to principles of social order > orderly condition of state or society
peace?a1160
God's peacec1300
good rulec1300
the king's peace1428
quiet?c1450
civilityc1454
civilness1556
composure1702
social order1703
eunomy1721
eunomia1861
1861 J. S. Mill Represent. Govt. x. 195 The ballot..conduced to the Eunomia by which Athens was distinguished among the ancient commonwealths.
1952 A. R. Radcliffe-Brown Structure & Function in Primitive Society ix. 182 They conceived..the eunomia of a society as being in each instance a condition of the harmonious working together of its parts.
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