antinomy
[an-tin-uh-mee]
- opposition between one law, principle, rule, etc., and another.
- Philosophy. a contradiction between two statements, both apparently obtained by correct reasoning.
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Origin of antinomy
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action, hostility, resistance, struggle, violation, antithesis, competition, counteraction, defense, brush, clash, combat, contest, engagement, disapproval, grapple, encounter, contrariety, war, conflictExamples from the Web for antinomy
Historical Examples of antinomy
But the antinomy is so familiar as to be scarcely observed by us.
PhilebusPlato
The antinomy will be resolved in the latter part of the chapter.
The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the GalatiansG. G. Findlay
The reader will observe in this antinomy a very remarkable contrast.
The Critique of Pure ReasonImmanuel Kant
Besides, we have already discussed this subject in the antinomy of pure reason.
The Critique of Pure ReasonImmanuel Kant
Hence it is exposed to no danger of an antinomy of its own or to a conflict of its principles.
Kant's Critique of JudgementImmanuel Kant
antinomy
- opposition of one law, principle, or rule to another; contradiction within a law
- philosophy contradiction existing between two apparently indubitable propositions; paradox
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Word Origin for antinomy
C16: from Latin antinomia, from Greek: conflict between laws, from anti- + nomos law
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Word Origin and History for antinomy
1590s, "contradiction in the laws," from Latin antinomia, from Greek antinomia "ambiguity in the law," from anti- "against" (see anti-) + nomos "law" (see numismatics). As a term in logic, from 1802 (Kant).
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