Main Entry: an·tin·o·my

Pronunciation: \an-ˈti-nə-mē\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural an·tin·o·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