Get to know Nomic better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Nomic meaning
A game, intended to model certain aspects of legal systems, in which players take turns by modifying the game's rules.
Using Nomic
- The main meaning on this page is: A game, intended to model certain aspects of legal systems, in which players take turns by modifying the game's rules.
- In the example corpus, nomic often appears in combinations such as: of nomic, nomic is.
Context around Nomic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 1 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nomic
- In this selection, "nomic" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, dithyrambic, living, computerized, itself, causation and causality stand out and add context to how "nomic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a computerized nomic is that and classes dithyrambic nomic and tragic. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nomic" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nomic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Arguably the oldest living nomic. (5 words)
There is even a version in which the players are games of Nomic themselves. (14 words)
An example of nomic causation is that alarm clocks generally wake people in the morning. (15 words)
Nomic causality means that cause and effect are linked by more or less certain or probabilistic general laws covering many possible or potential instances; we may recognize this as a probabilized version of criterion 3. of Hume mentioned just above. (40 words)
The longevity of nomic games can pose a serious problem, in that the rulesets can grow so complex that current players do not fully understand them and prospective players are deterred from joining. (33 words)
Online play The game of Nomic is particularly suited to being played online, where all proposals and rules can be shared in web pages or email archives for ease of reference. (31 words)
Example sentences (10)
Another facet of Nomic is the way in which the implementation of the rules affects the way the game of Nomic itself works.
According to Aristides Quintilianus (On Music, i.12), melic composition is subdivided into three classes: dithyrambic, nomic, and tragic.
An example of nomic causation is that alarm clocks generally wake people in the morning.
Arguably the oldest living nomic.
Computerized version The idea of a computerized Nomic is that the rules should be interpreted by a computer, rather than by humans.
Nomic causality means that cause and effect are linked by more or less certain or probabilistic general laws covering many possible or potential instances; we may recognize this as a probabilized version of criterion 3. of Hume mentioned just above.
Nomic now refers to a large number of games, all based on the initial ruleset.
Online play The game of Nomic is particularly suited to being played online, where all proposals and rules can be shared in web pages or email archives for ease of reference.
The longevity of nomic games can pose a serious problem, in that the rulesets can grow so complex that current players do not fully understand them and prospective players are deterred from joining.
There is even a version in which the players are games of Nomic themselves.
Common combinations with nomic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of nomic 6×
- nomic is 3×