antinomian

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English

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Etymology

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From Medieval Latin Antinomi,[1] from Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, against) + νόμος (nómos, custom, law).

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /æntiˈnoʊmi.ən/
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  • (US) IPA(key): /æntiˈnoʊmi.ən/, /æntaɪˈnoʊmi.ən/
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  • Hyphenation: an‧ti‧no‧mi‧an

Noun

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antinomian (plural antinomians)

  1. (Christianity, Judaism) One who embraces, encourages, or practices antinomianism.

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Adjective

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antinomian (comparative more antinomian, superlative most antinomian)

  1. Of or pertaining to antinomianism.
  2. Rejecting higher moral or legal authority.
    • 1926, T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, New York: Anchor (1991), page 194:
      We might turn our average into a rule (not a law, since war was antinomian) and develop a habit of never engaging the enemy.
    • 1937, George Orwell, chapter 9, in The Road to Wigan Pier:
      England was full of half-baked antinomian opinions. Pacifism, internationalism, humanitarianism of all kinds, feminism, free love, divorce-reform, atheism, birth-control—things like these were getting a better hearing than they would get in normal times.
    • 2009, Randall Collins, Violence: A Micro-sociological Theory, page 256:
      A carousing zone is a place where the ritualism of generating antinomian excitement prevails and may even be institutionalized.

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References

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  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “antinomian”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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