antinomy
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antinomy
- /ænˈtɪn.ə.mi/ US, UK
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin antinomia, from Ancient Greek ἀντινομία (antinomía), from ἀντι- (anti-, prefix meaning ‘against’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- (“face; forehead; front”)) + νόμος (nómos, “custom, usage; law, ordinance”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns), with νόμος (nómos) derived from νέμω (némō, “to deal out, dispense, distribute”) (from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to distribute; to give; to take”)) + -ος (-os, suffix forming nouns indicating actions or their results). The English word may be analysed as anti- (prefix meaning ‘against; opposite of’) + -nomy (suffix indicating a system of laws, rules, or knowledge about a body of a particular field).
noun antinomies
- A contradiction within a law, or between different laws; also, a contradiction between authorities.
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Any contradiction or paradox.
The Antinomians: These Gospell-truths, these sweet Sermons of Free-grace, that setting up of naked Christ on his Throne, which hath seduced so many thousands of well-meaning souls, do now appear in their own colours, and to any common eye may be seen to be nothing but the grosse Antinomy of the old
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In the thought of the German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724–1804): an apparent contradiction between valid conclusions; a paradox.
This introduces the antinomy that has followed us through the whole study. The solution of this antinomy is found in making the Not-me, which interrupts self-consciousness, really reflect self-consciousness, by manifesting the nature of the I—in other words, by making it conform to the ideal of the
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noun (epistemology, logic) apparent contradiction between valid conclusions
| Español | antinomia |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 이율배반 iyulbaeban |
| 日本語 | アンチノミー anchinomī, 二律背反 niritsuhaihan |
| 中文 | 悖論 /悖论 bèilùn, 二律背反 èrlǜbèifǎn, 矛盾 máodùn |
| Português | antinomia |
| Français | antinomie |
| Deutsch | Antinomie |
| Italiano | antinomia, antilogia |
| Română | antinomie |
| Русский | антино́мия antinómija |
| العربية | التضاد |
| עברית | אנטינומיה |
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