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natural order

American  
[nach-er-uhl awr-der, nach-ruhl] / ˈnætʃ ər əl ˈɔr dər, ˈnætʃ rəl /

noun

  • natural orders
    plural
  1. Philosophy. the hierarchy seen to govern the universe, as derived from laws and principles seen as universal.


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Besides appealing to what Disraeli’s later acolytes saw as the people’s inclination to a natural order, it reached around preoccupations with transforming institutions to tap into a deeper conservatism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

By making injustice into a kind of orphan, oppression is made to seem like the natural order of things.

From Salon ● May 31, 2026

The natural order was finally established when Piastri passed the Ferrari at Turn One at the start of lap five.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2025

This is taught as the natural order of the world, and is then often applied more broadly to society.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2025

He began complaining that we were all getting too soft, too dependent on creature comforts, and that we were losing touch with the natural order of the world.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

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