nomos

American  

[nohm-ahs, nahm-ahs] / ˈnoʊm ɑs, ˈnɑm ɑs /

noun

1. the set of principles regulating human behavior, as established by society in contrast to natural law; human law.

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Example Sentences

This word comes from an immensely old Indo-European word, nomos, which refers to a fixed area, or to pasture.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2022

Beneath the entangling personal motives, the debate is one of the oldest in the Western philosophical tradition, between nomos and physis.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Accepting the magnitude of the Indian impact on the landscape seems to push us toward the nomos side.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

I do not think St. Paul at all restricted nomos to the Ten Commandments.

From Letters to His Friends by Robinson, Forbes

CLEITOR, or Clitor, a town of ancient Greece, in that part of Arcadia which corresponds to the modern eparchy of Kalavryta in the nomos of Elis and Achaea.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various