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by natural law

ADJECTIVE
dogmatic
Synonyms
STRONGEST
assertive categorical pragmatic reasoned
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a priori as a matter of course authoritarian authoritative axiomatic by fiat by nature canonical deducible deductive derivable doctrinaire doctrinal eternal excathedra formal imperative inevitable on faith oracular orthodox peremptory positive prophetic systematic theoretical unchangeable unerring unqualified
Antonyms
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ambiguous amenable doubtful doubting dubious equivocal flexible fluctuating indecisive manageable not positive obedient questioning skeptical submissive uncertain vacillating

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But it does seem that rights, relationships, values and even notions of what is meant by natural law have all been redefined by mankind for a good long while.

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2011

Creation science "is not science because it depends upon supernatural intervention, which is not guided by natural law."

From Time Magazine Archive

What he means by natural law and what uses he would put it to as a life-tenured Supreme Court Justice are not clear.

From Time Magazine Archive

Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, only 41 years old in 1900, proposed a scientific basis for the notion that progress was gradual but inevitable, ordained by natural law.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the power of human beings to determine their own destinies is limited by natural law, Nature's law.

From Manhood of Humanity. by Korzybski, Alfred