antinomy

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, “against”) + νόμος (nómos, “custom, law”). Surface analysis anti- (“opposite”) +‎ -nomy (“law”)

Pronunciation

• enPR: ăntĭ'nəmē, IPA^(key): /ænˈtɪnəmi/

Noun

antinomy (plural antinomies)

1. An apparent contradiction between valid conclusions; a paradox

Usage notes

• Do not confuse with antimony.

• Kant used antinomy (Critique of Pure Reason, Bloom translation) to speak of two valid conclusions that appeared to contradict each other, but that could be resolved when it was seen that they were from two distinct and exclusive sets. So no paradox exists, only the inappropriate application of an idea from one set—being applied to another—causes a seeming paradox.

Synonyms

• paradox

Derived terms

• antinomian
• antinomianism

Translations

contradiction

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自相矛盾 (zh) (zìxiāngmáodùn), 悖論 (zh) (bèilùn)

• Dutch: antinomie (nl)
• Finnish: antinomia (fi)
• French: antinomie (fr) f
• German: Antinomie (de) f
• Icelandic: gagnkvæði n

• Japanese: アンチノミー, 二律背反
• Korean: 이율배반(二律背反) (iyulbaeban)
• Polish: antynomia f
• Portuguese: antinomia (pt) f
• Russian: антино́мия (ru) f (antinómija)
• Spanish: antinomia f
• Swedish: antinomi (sv) c

Anagrams

• antimony