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natural law

NOUN
ethics
Synonyms
STRONG
belief conduct conscience convention conventionalities criteria decency ethos goodness honesty honor ideal imperative integrity morality mores nature practice principles standard standards value
WEAK
moral code
Antonyms
STRONG
corruption disgrace dishonesty dishonor evil immorality indecency
NOUN
ethics/ethic
Synonyms
WEAK
belief conduct conscience convention conventionalities criteria decency ethos goodness honesty honor ideal imperative integrity moral code morality mores nature practice principles right and wrong rules of conduct standard standards the Golden Rule
Antonyms
WEAK
corruption immorality
NOUN
natural selection
Synonyms
WEAK
Darwinian theory Darwinism adaptation artificial selection biological evolution evolution evolutionism law of the jungle phylogeny social Darwinism social evolution survival of the fittest theory of evolution
NOUN
rightfulness
Synonyms
STRONG
belief conduct conscience convention conventionalities criteria decency ethic ethos goodness honesty honor ideal imperative integrity morality mores nature practice principles propriety righteousness rightness standard standards value
WEAK
ethicality ethicalness moral code
Antonyms
STRONG
corruption disgrace dishonesty dishonor evil immorality impropriety indecency wrong
NOUN
rightness
Synonyms
STRONGEST
goodness righteousness
STRONG
belief conduct conscience convention conventionalities criteria decency ethic ethos honesty honor ideal imperative integrity morality mores nature practice principles propriety rightfulness standard standards value
WEAK
ethicality ethicalness moral code
Antonyms
STRONG
corruption disgrace dishonesty dishonor immorality impropriety wrong
NOUN
social Darwinism
Synonyms
WEAK
Darwinism adaptation evolution law of the jungle natural selection phylogeny social evolution survival of the fittest theory of evolution
NOUN
survival of the fittest
Synonyms
WEAK
Darwinianism Darwinism Neo-Darwinism adaptation evolution evolutionism law of the jungle natural selection organic evolution phylogeny punctuated equilibrium social Darwinism social evolution
NOUN
unwritten law
Synonyms
WEAK
convention protocol

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Mr. Persico declares Locke “one of liberalism’s founding fathers” for weaving all of these strands together—“the image of God, natural law, reason and rights”—in his political philosophy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

This is a suppression of the natural law.

From BBC • Sep. 24, 2024

Still, if any natural law applies to California, it is that what comes down will eventually go up.

From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2024

"An important component of this proposed natural law is the idea of 'selection for function,'" says Carnegie astrobiologist Dr. Michael L. Wong, first author of the study.

From Science Daily • Oct. 16, 2023

The byte or bit is a man-made invention, but the theory of digitized information that underlies it is a beautiful natural law.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.