antinomic
- adjective
- /ˌæntɪˈnɒmɪk/
- Formal
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antinómico
- I will make use again of the antinomic relationship of the two theses, but with an additional twist.
Examples
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Silvia Ferretti has argued that Panofsky's artwork was temporally "antinomic," that is, it occupied two incompatible time schemes at once.
Academic text (2005) -
The discussion centered on two antinomic concepts that cannot coexist within the same framework.
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For the Russian people, there is a characteristic, an alternative antinomic origin.
Academic text (1996) -
Milk and blood/semen are two basically antinomic elements that become dangerous when in each other's presence.
Academic text (2005) -
Such a proposition, insofar as it is taken seriously, must give rise to endless antinomic interpretations, and being metaphysical, these interpretations must stand in ultimate and implacable opposition.
Blog text (17) -
His argument presented an antinomic perspective, challenging the widely accepted theory.
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The laws of physics often reveal antinomic principles that contradict each other in specific scenarios.
Synonyms
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4.5
Opposed to something, often going against the facts
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6.1
Showing ideas or statements that do not agree and cannot both be true
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8.4
Directly opposed in beliefs or purpose
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4.2
Having ideas, facts, or feelings that do not agree with each other
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7.0
An idea that does not agree with another idea
Directly opposite in idea or purpose
Often disagreeing with others on purpose to be difficult
How Contradictory
11
7.7
- Formal
- Specialized
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4.2
305
3.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Antinomic comes from anti- 'against' and nomos 'law', and you can see the same nom- in autonomy ('self-rule'). So if two ideas are antinomic, they 'go against' each other like two rules that cannot both be true.