nomic

name

1. A game, intended to model certain aspects of legal systems, in which players take turns by modifying the game's rules.

   “This is not to say that nuanced, intermediate levels may not arise in Nomic through game custom and tacit understandings.”

   “The game Nomic also has rules that change over time. But these games still have rules for how they're played...”

   “Nomic, a "game of self-amendment," is most fundamentally characterized by its rule 213, 213. If the rules are changed so that further play is impossible, or if the legality of a move cannot be determined with finality, or if by the Judge's best reasoning, not overruled, a move appears equally legal and illegal, then the first player unable to complete a turn is the winner.”

adj

1. (dated, not-comparable)Customary; ordinary; applied to the usual spelling of a language, in distinction from strictly phonetic methods.

   “The first and most obvious objection brought against the use of a phonetic notation in teaching a foreign language is the danger of confusion between the phonetic and the nomic spelling of the language.”

2. (not-comparable)Relating to a law.