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antinomy

noun
an·​tin·​o·​my | \ an-ˈti-nÉ™-mÄ“ How to pronounce antinomy (audio) \
plural antinomies

Definition of antinomy

1 : a contradiction between two apparently equally valid principles or between inferences correctly drawn from such principles
2 : a fundamental and apparently unresolvable conflict or contradiction antinomies of beauty and evil, freedom and slavery— Stephen Holden
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Other Words from antinomy

antinomic \ ËŒan-​ti-​ˈnä-​mik How to pronounce antinomic (audio) \ adjective

Examples of antinomy in a Sentence

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 This demanded the forging of a new consciousness, one that would overcome the antinomies of subjective and objective, body and spirit, family and party. — Marci Shore, New York Times, "The Russian Revolution Recast as an Epic Family Tragedy," 18 Aug. 2017

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First Known Use of antinomy

1592, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for antinomy

German Antinomie, from Latin antinomia conflict of laws, from Greek, from anti- + nomos law — more at nimble

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