antinomy
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9.9
- noun
- /ænˈtɪnəmi/
- Formal
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antinomía
- Many debates in ethics stem from the antinomy between individual rights and the common good.
He tells us the antinomy of the moral view of the world.
- He tells us the antinomy of the moral view of the world.
- And the first two that he's going to treat he calls the mathematical antinomies.
- That's actually not going to be the case for these dynamical antinomies.
Examples
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The dilemma in the antinomy of alienation and oppression, as Graeber states it, rests in the discrepancies in the moral weight of struggle.
Academic text (2011) -
One should also not forget the other famous antinomy, that between action and theory.
Academic text (1991) -
He tells us the antinomy of the moral view of the world.
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These are are antinomies that the poem is exploring.
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In the course of discussing related issues in our "free exchange," he had remarked: "... and it is here that we find the antinomy; there are a certain number of conditions for the existence of a culture.
Academic text (2002) -
In her encounter with the nomad, Geula tries desperately to maintain the antinomy of savage versus culture.
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Hegel's point is rather, why should contradictions, antinomies, be only subjective?
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In philosophy, the antinomy between freedom and determinism raises deep questions about human agency.
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The antinomy of truth versus perception often leads to complex discussions in epistemology.
Synonyms
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4.3
A situation where two ideas or statements cannot both be true
99
7.1
A situation or statement that seems both true and false at the same time
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6.8
A statement that says two things that cannot both be true
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7.5
A situation when a person's words or beliefs say opposite things
How Contradictory
- Formal
1
9.9
117
4.3
99
7.1
- Literature
50
4.2
146
2.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
antinomy = anti + nom + y
Although the word can be segmented as anti- + nom- + -y, its meaning as a logical contradiction is not directly predictable from those parts for most learners.
Etymology
Antinomy comes from Greek parts anti- 'against' and nomos 'law', the same -nomy you see in economy. So an antinomy is like two 'laws' or rules that oppose each other, a contradiction where both ideas seem reasonable.