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Definition of Antinomy
1. Noun. A contradiction between two statements that seem equally reasonable.
Definition of Antinomy
1. n. Opposition of one law or rule to another law or rule.
Definition of Antinomy
1. Noun. An apparent contradiction between valid conclusions; a paradox ¹
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Definition of Antinomy
1. a contradiction between two seemingly valid principles [n -MIES]
Medical Definition of Antinomy
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Origin: L. Antinomia, Gr.; against + law.
1. Opposition of one law or rule to another law or rule. "Different commentators have deduced from it the very opposite doctrines. In some instances this apparent antinomy is doubtful." (De Quincey)
2. An opposing law or rule of any kind. "As it were by his own antinomy, or counterstatute." (Milton)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Antinomy
Literary usage of Antinomy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Origin and Development of Religious Belief by Sabine Baring-Gould (1892)
"TY CHRISTIANITY CHAPTER I THE UNIVERSAL antinomy " When Being starring crowds,
together thrown, Mingle in harsh inextricable strife: Whose spirit ..."
2. An Introduction to the Study of Comparative Religion by Frank Byron Jevons (1908)
"The antinomy is indeed purely intellectual. ... That it is not an antinomy of
religious feeling is shown by the fact that the two needs exist, ..."
3. Kant's Critical Philosophy for English Readers by Immanuel Kant (1889)
"IT A good deal of misapprehension as to this fourth antinomy has arisen through
... This marks out the fourth antinomy as quite different from the others. ..."
4. Works of Thomas Hill Green by Thomas Hill Green, Richard Lewis Nettleship (1890)
"This applies to the antinomy both in its cosmological and its ethical bearing.
... The antinomy itself is evidence of there being an unconditioned causality ..."
5. The Philosophy of Kant as Contained in Extracts from His Own Writings by Immanuel Kant, John Watson (1908)
"Critical Solution of the antinomy. The solution of this antinomy is of the same
nature as the solution of the antinomy of pure speculative reason. ..."
6. Fichte's Science of Knowledge: A Critical Exposition by Charles Carroll Everett (1892)
"The antinomy remains that has confronted us at every stage. This antinomy has
become merely the shadow or vestige of what it was; but even in this ..."
7. Kant's Kritik of Judgment by Immanuel Kant (1892)
"DIV. ii § 57 antinomy OF TASTE places there is a proposition wanting, which, ...
Solution of the antinomy of Taste There is no possibility of removing the ..."
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