nomology

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nəʊˈmɒləd͡ʒi/, /nəˈmɒləd͡ʒi/

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Noun

nomology (countable and uncountable, plural nomologies)

1. The study of laws
2. The study of general physical and logical laws
3. The science of the laws of the mind; rational psychology.
   • 1859–1860, William Hamilton, edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:

     This nomology has obtained the name of Logic among other appellations, but not from Aristotle

Derived terms

• nomological
• nomologically

Anagrams

• monology