antinomy
noun
opposition between one law, principle, rule, etc., and another.
antinomies
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pluralof antinomy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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TIN SWE Rangoon, Burma Sir: Although I am not a Buddhist, I interpreted your article on the subject as an unregenerate evaluation of the antinomies of a great religion.
From Time Magazine Archive
Many problems facing the church in Asian countries today stem as much from changing social and cultural conditions as they do from traditional antinomies.
From Time Magazine Archive
The theses in these four antinomies constitute the teaching of philosophical dogmatism.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics by Sir John Alexander Hammerton
Of course these seeming contradictions of Scripture and antinomies of reason are not real contradictions.
From Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors by James Freeman Clarke
The Kantian theory of knowledge, while satisfying the mind, at the same time sets forth the essential antinomies whose normal play constitutes the very life of the ego and explains its multiple manifestations.
From Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History by Auguste Sabatier
