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Recent Examples of antinomy
Unlike Hilbert’s hotel and the birthday paradox, Russell’s antinomy is not a result that merely eludes our intuition.
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Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2024
The antinomies of male and female, and the product of their union, seem very much on his mind during this period.
—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
The great Russian sociologist Yuri Levada theorized that antinomies—pairs of mutually exclusive beliefs—were key to understanding the Soviet totalitarian mentality.
—Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 15 June 2023
By obliterating Twitter’s attempts at resolving the irreconcilable antinomy between good and bad virality, Musk has only ensured that the Chinese government can engage in viral spam to defeat viral attempts at amplifying domestic protests of CCP’s zero-Covid biosecurity regime.
—WIRED, 1 Dec. 2022
Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2024
The antinomies of male and female, and the product of their union, seem very much on his mind during this period.
—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
The great Russian sociologist Yuri Levada theorized that antinomies—pairs of mutually exclusive beliefs—were key to understanding the Soviet totalitarian mentality.
—Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 15 June 2023
By obliterating Twitter’s attempts at resolving the irreconcilable antinomy between good and bad virality, Musk has only ensured that the Chinese government can engage in viral spam to defeat viral attempts at amplifying domestic protests of CCP’s zero-Covid biosecurity regime.
—WIRED, 1 Dec. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for antinomy
Noun
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His potential, often derived from athletic testing, is at the very least a mystery, too.—
Joseph Hoyt,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Some of the frescoes covering the walls and vaulted ceilings depict the mysteries of the rosaries and were meant to encourage the contemplative life of the Dominican friars living in the convent.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Following mysterious invitations, 10 strangers arrive on an isolated island and promptly begin to die, one by one, as the remaining group members try to outrun their own clearly impending deaths by figuring out a nursery-rhyme riddle.—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
18 Mar. 2026
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The riddle that is Roki Sasaki does not look any easier to solve after his second spring start on Tuesday.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The film, based on a true story that became a media sensation in the '80s, never renders a definitive judgment on von Bülow (who was acquitted in court), leaving him an indelible enigma that Irons teases but never tells.—
Devan Coggan,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Mar. 2026
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The labor market has been its own enigma.—
Brian Cheung,
NBC news,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
19 Mar. 2026
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As the teams of scientists working on this puzzle concluded back in 2025, the errors and uncertainties are over on the theoretical side, and until better calculations are performed, the experimental results cannot be used to draw such a sweeping and revolutionary conclusion.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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South Siders know that in terms of historic places, there is a paradox between what is worthy of protection, recognition and resources there and what occurs on the North Side or in the Loop.—
Elizabeth Blasius,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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The only problem is, negotiating and understanding the subsequent paradoxes — which writer/director Shane Carruth made little effort to simplify — requires a PhD in high-level physics.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Antinomy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antinomy. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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