law of nature
Britishnoun
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an empirical truth of great generality, conceived of as a physical (but not a logical) necessity, and consequently licensing counterfactual conditionals
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a system of morality conceived of as grounded in reason See natural law nomological
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See law 1
Example Sentences
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Americans had to conceptualize their liberation in alignment with the laws of nature.
All of us “would be at the mercy of the laws of nature.”
From Salon
A recent hypnotic percussion piece of diced rhythms and pureed textures is called “the so-called laws of nature.”
From Los Angeles Times
They practiced a way of living according to the laws of nature as much as possible.
From Salon
“A leader,” he insisted, “is the bravest man. This is a law of nature.”
From Salon
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