ANTINOMY


Meaning of ANTINOMY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ an-ˈti-nə-mē ]

noun

( plural -mies )

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

Date: 1592

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

• an·ti·nom·ic ˌan-ti-ˈnä-mik adjective

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