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nomic

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[nohm-ik] / ˈnoʊm ɪk /

noun

  • nomics
    plural
  1. the usual system of spelling, as opposed to phonetic.


adjective

  1. (spelling) usual or normal: used in contrast to phonetic.

  2. relating to a logical or natural law that can be discovered or deduced.

  3. relating to a nome, a kind of ancient Greek hymn dedicated to the gods, or to the genre of which such hymns are a part.

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Eco nomic problems have been postponed, not solved.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Administration believes that the eco nomic results will be so adverse that next year, in another referendum, wheat farmers will reverse last week's vote.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Big Powers wanted an amendment forbidding the Eco nomic and Social Council to interfere with matters "essentially within the domestic jurisdiction" of member states.

From Time Magazine Archive

That prices too high should be lowered and prices too low should be raised was not by itself a highly enlightening eco nomic doctrine.

From Time Magazine Archive

Although Aristotle includes dithyrambic, nomic, satiric, and lyric poetry in his discussion, he practically ignores them.

From Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance A Study of Rhetorical Terms in English Renaissance Literary Criticism by Donald Lemen Clark

Reaga- nomics had already assisted in making OSO and Homosoto himself politically important to both Japan and the US.

From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Winn Schwartau

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