Found 2 items, similar to Antinomy.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: antinomy antinomy n : a contradiction between two statements that seem equally reasonable
English → English (gcide) Definition: Antinomy Antinomy \An*tin"o*my\ (?; 277), n.; pl. Antinomies. [L. antinomia, Gr. ?; ? against + ? law.] 1. Opposition of one law or rule to another law or rule. [1913 Webster] Different commentators have deduced from it the very opposite doctrines. In some instances this apparent antinomy is doubtful. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster] 2. An opposing law or rule of any kind. [1913 Webster] As it were by his own antinomy, or counterstatute. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. (Metaph.) 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. [1913 Webster]