Definition of Isonomy

1. n. Equal law or right; equal distribution of rights and privileges; similarity.

Definition of Isonomy

1. Noun. equal law or right; equal distribution of rights and privileges; similarity ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Isonomy

1. equality of civil rights [n -MIES] : ISONOMIC [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Isonomy

isoniazids
isonicotine
isonicotinic
isonicotinic acid
isonicotinic acid hydroxylase
isonicotinic acids
isonipecaine
isonitrile
isonitriles
isonitroso-
isonitroso compound
isonitrosoacetone
isonomia
isonomic
isonomies
isonomy (current term)
isonormocytosis
isonuclear
isonym
isonyms
isooctane
isooctanes
isooctanol
isooptoacoustic
isoosmotic
isopach
isopachs
isopanose
isopanoses
isoparaffin

Literary usage of Isonomy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fifty Years of My Life in the World of Sport at Home and Abroad by John Dugdale Astley (1894)
"Stirling Crawfurd—Sefton's Derby—A Moderate Horse—Buy Drumhead—Brogden the Jockey—The Bloater in Trouble— Gretton and isonomy—He Wins the Cambridgeshire—Mr. ..."

2. The English Turf: A Record of Horses and Courses by Charles Richardson (1901)
"... Birdcatcher line— isonomy—Isinglass—Janissary—The Stockwell line—Blair Athol—Ormonde, Orme, and Goldfinch—Kendal and Ormonde—Which was the better ? ..."

3. The Political Theories of the Ancient World by Westel Woodbury Willoughby (1903)
"The third or democratic form is termed isonomy, and is defined as one in which ... Commenting upon the meaning of the word isonomy Rawlinson says: "Modern ..."

4. The General Stud-book, Containing Pedigrees of Race Horses, &c. &c. from the (1885)
"... covered by Doncaster Albania, by St Albans, out of Lady of the Manor, in 1881 Amber Witch, by Nuneham, in 1883, covered (in 1882) by isonomy Ambuscade, ..."

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