Deontic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, relating to, or concerning duties or obligations: deontic logic.
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  • adj. Pertaining to necessity, duty or obligation, or expressions conveying this.
    • Word Usage
    "I would only add that both will and going to (like most modals or modal phrases) are used to express two kinds of meanings: 1. meanings related to how we see the likelihood of events (sometimes called extrinsic, or epistemic, modality); and meanings related to how we intervene in, or exert change on, events (intrinsic or deontic modality)."
     
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