Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The set of universal legal or moral principles said to be discernible from nature by reason alone; one of these principles.

    Naturgesetz, Naturgesetz

    есте́ственное пра́воjestéstvennoje právo

  2. (countable, uncountable)A theory describing or positing such principles.

  3. (countable, uncountable)A law relating to natural phenomena.

More definitions
  • a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Misfortune summons misfortune; that is the natural law of life.

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  2. Of the natural laws, many people only acknowledge the law of the jungle.

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  3. An accident is an inevitable occurrence due to the action of immutable natural laws.

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  4. Does the natural world follow the laws of nature, or do the natural laws not instead follow the natural world?

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Translations

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By meaning 1
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Forms

plural: natural laws
Singularnatural law
Pluralnatural laws

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Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society:law

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