second-order

adjective

Denoting the second in a numerical sequence of models, languages, relationships, forms of logical discourse etc.

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Meanings

adjectivesecond-order (not comparable)
  1. not comparablehuman sciencesDenoting the second in a numerical sequence of models, languages, relationships, forms of logical discourse etc.
  2. not comparableOf secondary importance.

    If reformers establish the specific process of crime policymaking... as a second-order concern, their efforts will not be weighed down by any one normative theory of fair process.

    2021, Trevor George Gardner, “By Any Means: A Philosophical Frame for Rulemaking Reform in Criminal Law”, in Yale Law Journal Forum, pages 819–20
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