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nomology en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /nəˈmɒləd͡ʒi/
  • /nəʊˈmɒləd͡ʒi/

Etymology

Formed as nom- + -o- + -logy, by analogy with the French nomologie.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The study of laws
  2. (countable, uncountable) The study of general physical and logical laws
  3. (countable, uncountable) The science of the laws of the mind; rational psychology.
    • This nomology has obtained the name of Logic among other appellations, but not from Aristotle a. 1857, William Hamilton, edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1859–1860, →OCLC:

Forms

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Deriveds

nomological · nomologist · nomologically · nomologic