antinomy

Noun

Meaning

Opposition of one law or rule to another law or rule.

An opposing law or rule of any kind.

A contradiction or incompatibility of thought or language; -- in the Kantian philosophy, such a contradiction as arises from the attempt to apply to the ideas of the reason, relations or attributes which are appropriate only to the facts or the concepts of experience.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

kohl counteraction enigma action competition conflict resistance opposition struggle mystery paradox violation disagreement ambiguity contradiction
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Antonyms

same standard success consonance agreement understanding
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Hypernyms

contradiction contradiction in terms

Related terms

antinomianism antinomian antinomist antinome antinomistic

Phrases with the word

Russell's antinomy

Derivatives

antinomies

Anagrams

antimony

Examples

Roy Ascott was among the first artists to launch an appeal for total spectator participation: for him, the strict antinomy between action and contemplation needed to be abolished. Frank Popper

A self-contradictory phrase such as "There is no absolute truth" can be considered an antinomy because this statement is suggesting in itself to be an absolute truth, and therefore denies itself any truth in its statement. Source: Internet

As well as being centred on the transience of beauty and of human things, the poem points to the specular antinomy between human ideals and natural truth. Source: Internet

However, there are many other examples of antinomy besides these four. Source: Internet

I had, however, discovered this antinomy myself, independently of Russell, and had communicated it prior to 1903 to Professor Hilbert among others. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

antinominalist antinomist antinomistic antinormal antinormality antinormally