Antinomy

[æn'tinәmi]

Definition

(noun.) a contradiction between two statements that seem equally reasonable.

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Definition

(n.) Opposition of one law or rule to another law or rule.

(n.) An opposing law or rule of any kind.

(n.) A contradiction or incompatibility of thought or language; -- in the Kantian philosophy, such a contradiction as arises from the attempt to apply to the ideas of the reason, relations or attributes which are appropriate only to the facts or the concepts of experience.

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Definition

n. a contradiction in a law: a conflict of authority: conclusions discrepant though apparently logical.—adjs. Antinō′mic Antinō′mical.

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