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Definition of "nomic" []

  • Customary; ordinary; applied to the usual English spelling, in distinction from strictly phonetic methods. (adjective)

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Use "nomic" in a sentence
  • "Are they identity relations that are contingently necessary or will some sort of weaker relation, such as nomic coextensivity, suffice?"
  • "Stated more generally, both the DN and IS models, share the common idea that, as Salmon (1989) puts it, “the essence of scientific explanation can be described as nomic expectability ” that is expectability on the basis of lawful connections” (1989, p. 57)."
  • "Auto nomic urge, like a precious calico cat who starts power sneezing, fourteen straight in a lick, it's sick and you can't help but worry."