deontic
adjective/diˈɒntɪk/
/diˈɑːntɪk/
(linguistics)- (of a word or sentence) expressing dutyTopics Languagec2Word Originmid 20th cent.: from Greek deont- ‘being right’ (from dei ‘it is right’) + -ic.
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