law-likeadj.

Brit.

/ˈlɔːlʌɪk/, U.S.

/ˈlɔˌlaɪk/,

/ˈlɑˌlaɪk/

Etymology: < law n.¹ + -like suffix.

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a. Like to law, having a resemblance to law, or to legal phraseology or proceedings. Now rare.

†b. Disposed or inclined to law or rule. Obsolete.

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society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [adjective] > domineering or overbearing

masterfulc1390

pontificalc1440

overmasterfula1450

headya1513

imperious1529

supercilious1536

masterlya1544

termagant1546

law-like1556

masterlike1580

dictator-like1582

peremptory1590

domineering1598

burly1605

high-handed1606

pontificial1613

lording1629

overlordingc1629

pontifician1629

peremptor1630

dictatory1639

predominant1642

dictatorial1692

pontific1716

overbearing1718

dictativea1774

knock-me-down1848

imponenta1882

bossy1882

heavy-handed1883

seigneurial1970

1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties i. f. 2 Plato could haue spoken very grauelie, & plentifully, if he would haue practised y^e lawlike sort of pleading.

1575 G. Gascoigne Fruites of Warre ccii, in Posies sig. Kvii Let not my verse your lawlike minds displease.

a1637 W. Lisle Divers Anc. Monuments Saxon Tongue (1638) sig. &c The ten lawlike words, that God himself taught Moyses.

1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) 47 The giving of any law, or law-like dispence to sin for hardnesse of heart.

1818 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 33 301 Provisions dressed forth with all the ‘saids’ and other law-like words.

c. Philosophy. Of a statement, explanation, etc.: resembling scientific laws in saying that some consequence would occur in any situation of a certain sort, though differing in containing reference to individuals; also, such as to be a law of nature if established as true.

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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > empiricism > [adjective] > like a law of nature

law-like1949

1949 G. Ryle Concept of Mind iv. 89 How does the law-like general hypothetical proposition work? It says, roughly, that the glass, if sharply struck or twisted, etc. would..fly into fragments.

1961 E. Nagel Struct. of Sci. ii. 21 The premises contain at least one ‘lawlike’ assumption.

1968 M. Black in R. Klibansky Contemp. Philos. II. 59 Scientific or ‘lawlike’ generalizations require, in Peirce's phrase, reference to a ‘would-be’.

1973 Nature 27 July 241/1 Archaeological explanations should be very general, preferably of lawlike form.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	law-like
释义	law-likeadj. Brit. /ˈlɔːlʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈlɔˌlaɪk/, /ˈlɑˌlaɪk/ Etymology: < law n.¹ + -like suffix. Thesaurus » Categories » a. Like to law, having a resemblance to law, or to legal phraseology or proceedings. Now rare. †b. Disposed or inclined to law or rule. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [adjective] > domineering or overbearing masterfulc1390 pontificalc1440 overmasterfula1450 headya1513 imperious1529 supercilious1536 masterlya1544 termagant1546 law-like1556 masterlike1580 dictator-like1582 peremptory1590 domineering1598 burly1605 high-handed1606 pontificial1613 lording1629 overlordingc1629 pontifician1629 peremptor1630 dictatory1639 predominant1642 dictatorial1692 pontific1716 overbearing1718 dictativea1774 knock-me-down1848 imponenta1882 bossy1882 heavy-handed1883 seigneurial1970 1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties i. f. 2 Plato could haue spoken very grauelie, & plentifully, if he would haue practised y^e lawlike sort of pleading. 1575 G. Gascoigne Fruites of Warre ccii, in Posies sig. Kvii Let not my verse your lawlike minds displease. a1637 W. Lisle Divers Anc. Monuments Saxon Tongue (1638) sig. &c The ten lawlike words, that God himself taught Moyses. 1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) 47 The giving of any law, or law-like dispence to sin for hardnesse of heart. 1818 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 33 301 Provisions dressed forth with all the ‘saids’ and other law-like words. c. Philosophy. Of a statement, explanation, etc.: resembling scientific laws in saying that some consequence would occur in any situation of a certain sort, though differing in containing reference to individuals; also, such as to be a law of nature if established as true. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > empiricism > [adjective] > like a law of nature law-like1949 1949 G. Ryle Concept of Mind iv. 89 How does the law-like general hypothetical proposition work? It says, roughly, that the glass, if sharply struck or twisted, etc. would..fly into fragments. 1961 E. Nagel Struct. of Sci. ii. 21 The premises contain at least one ‘lawlike’ assumption. 1968 M. Black in R. Klibansky Contemp. Philos. II. 59 Scientific or ‘lawlike’ generalizations require, in Peirce's phrase, reference to a ‘would-be’. 1973 Nature 27 July 241/1 Archaeological explanations should be very general, preferably of lawlike form. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.1556
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