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antinomy

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antinomy

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

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\ˌan-ti-ˈnä-mik\ adjective

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