nomological

/ ˌnɒməˈlɒdʒɪkəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to nomology
2. stating or relating to a nonlogical necessity or law of nature. The difference between a nomological and a merely universal statement is that from the universal all As are Bs one cannot, but from the nomological all As must be Bs one can, infer the counterfactual if this were an A it would ( have to ) be a B

Derived Forms

• ˌnomoˈlogically, adverb

Example Sentences

You write that "Considering a possible libertarian orientation helps reveal SVT’s strength as a nomological network."

From Salon

A meta-analytic examination of the goal orientation nomological net.

From Scientific American

I'm Secretary of a Nomological Society at home, which is interested in pagodas, topes, and joss-houses; and I've been travelling in Africa and in the South Sea Islands for a long time past, working at materials for a History of Taboo, from its earliest beginnings in the savage stage to its fully developed European complexity; so of course all you say comes home to me greatly.

From Project Gutenberg

Among nomological students, England has always been regarded with the greatest interest as the home and centre of the highest and most evolved taboo development.

From Project Gutenberg