giusnaturalismo

Italian

Etymology

From Latin iūs nātūrāle (“natural law”) +‎ -ismo (“-ism”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒuz.na.tu.raˈliz.mo/
  • Rhymes: -izmo
  • Hyphenation: giu‧sna‧tu‧ra‧lì‧smo

Noun

giusnaturalismo m (plural giusnaturalismi)

  1. natural law, specifically:
  2. (philosophy) an ethical theory that posits the existence of a law whose content is set by nature and that therefore has validity everywhere
  3. (law) a generally accepted concept of the philosophical system of legal and moral principles purportedly deriving from a of natural or divine justice and not from a position of positive law but of ideas of right and wrong

Derived terms

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