01 n. Opposition of one law or rule to another law or rule.
pl.
Antinomies
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Opposition of one law or rule to another law or rule.“Different commentators have deduced from it the very opposite doctrines. In some instances this apparent antinomy is doubtful.” — De Quincey.
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An opposing law or rule of any kind.“As it were by his own antinomy, or counterstatute.” — Milton.
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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.(Metaph.)