nomic

American  

[nohm-ik] / ˈnoʊm ɪk /

noun

• nomics
  plural

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

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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.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• nomically
  adverb

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• nomics
  plural

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Example Sentences

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nomic nomics

Yet even a professional ironist can find some illumination in the eco nomic and political brownout.

From Time Magazine Archive

The real news of the President's Eco nomic Report to Congress last week is not prosperity-for, by now, the whole world knows that the U.S. is fabulously prosperous, and expecting to be more so.

From Time Magazine Archive

The agencies today," says a leading eco nomic policymaker in the Carter Administration, "are inde pendent baronies.

From Time Magazine Archive

The study estimates that the previous jolts have cost the U.S. and its major trading partners a total of $1.2 trillion in lost eco nomic growth between 1974 and 1981.

From Time Magazine Archive

Of the other five kinds, nomic, dithyrambic, and satiric poetry are mentioned only as illustrative of something Aristotle wishes to say about epic or drama.

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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