nomologicaladj.n.
/ˌnɒməˈlɒdʒᵻkl/, /ˌnəʊməˈlɒdʒᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌnɑməˈlɑdʒək(ə)l/, /ˌnoʊməˈlɑdʒək(ə)l/ Relating to, concerned with, or designating laws, esp. (Philosophy) ones which are not logical necessities; relating to nomology. Occasionally as n.: a nomological law.
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nomological1854
1854 A. Mahan Syst. Intellect. Philos. 122 The forms in which the nomological idea..develops itself are various, according to the nature of the objects to which it pertains, and the point of view in which the object is contemplated.
1886 Westm. Rev. July 126 It would take too long in this place to analyze in nomological terms this remarkably opaque utterance.
1908 Amer. Hist. Rev. 14 17 The temptation is strong to regard history as belonging in the same class with the inductive and nomological sciences, and to apply to it methods which pertain to them.
1947 H. Reichenbach Elem. Symbolic Logic viii. §61. 360 We shall call these formulas nomological formulas. The term ‘nomological’..is chosen to express the idea that the formulas are either laws of nature or logical laws.
1961 E. Nagel Struct. of Sci. iv. 53 They contend only that genuine nomologicals are logically necessary.
1992 Jrnl. Abnormal Child Psychol. 20 42 A test battery designed to expand the nomological definitional net for the construct of child resilience.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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