- Antinomies
- Antinomy An*tin"o*my (?; 277), n.; pl. {Antinomies}. [L.
antinomia, Gr. ?; ? against + ? law.]
1. Opposition of one law or rule to another law or rule.
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Different commentators have deduced from it the very opposite doctrines. In some instances this apparent antinomy is doubtful. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
2. An opposing law or rule of any kind. [1913 Webster]
As it were by his own antinomy, or counterstatute. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
3. (Metaph.) 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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
