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ANTINOMY

Definitions: ANTINOMY

ANTINOMY

Noun

1. 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.

2. An opposing law or rule of any kind.

3. Opposition of one law or rule to another law or rule.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "ANTINOMY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references)

Etymology: Antinomy \An*tin"o*my\, noun; plural Antinomies. [Latin expression antinomia, Greek; against law.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonyms within Context: ANTINOMY

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Illegality

Arbitrariness; Adjective: antinomy, violence, brute force, despotism, outlawry.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Specialty Definition: Antinomy

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Antinomy (Greek anti-, against, plus nomos, law) is a term used in logic and epistemology, which, loosely, means a paradox or unresolvable contradiction.

Immanuel Kant believed that when reason goes beyond possible experience it often falls into various antinomies, or equally rational but contradictory views. Reason cannot here play the role of establishing rational truths because it goes beyond possible experience and becomes transcendent. For example, Kant thought that one could reason from the assumption that the world had a beginning in time to the conclusion that it did not, and vice versa. This was part of Kant's critical program of determining limits to science and philosophical inquiry.

In fact, antinomies do not highlight limitations in the power of logical reasoning, as is often thought. This is because the conclusion that there is a limitation is (supposedly) derived from the antinomy by logical reasoning; therefore any limitation in the validity of logical reasoning imposes a limitation on the conclusion that there is a limitation on logical reasoning. (This is an argument by self reference.)

In short, in terms of the validity of logical reasoning as a whole, antinomies are self-isolating: they are like scattered discontinuities within the field of logic, incapable of casting doubt on anything else but themselves.

See also

Antimony is a chemical element.''

Article based on antinomy at FOLDOC, used with permission.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Antinomy."

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Crosswords: ANTINOMY

English words defined with "ANTINOMY": Antinomies. (references)

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Commercial Usage: ANTINOMY

DomainTitle

Books

  • Antinomy (reference)

  • Luther on predestination : the antinomy and the unity between love and wrath in Luther's concept of God (reference)

  • Magical Realism and the Fantastic: Resolved Versus Unresolved Antinomy (Garland Publications in Comparative Literature) (reference)

  • The Antinomy of Thought: Maimonian Skepticism and the Relation Between Thoughts and Objects (Nijhoff International Philosophy Series, Vol 43) (reference)

  • Thinking, Feeling, and Being: Clinical Reflections on the Fundamental Antinomy of Human Beings and World (New Library of Psychoanalysis, 5) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: ANTINOMY

"ANTINOMY" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "ANTINOMY" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%3202,518

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ANTINOMY

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

antinomy

5
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Modern Translations: ANTINOMY

Language Translations for "ANTINOMY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

stibium. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏تناقض القوانين, ‏تناقض (ambivalence, be on the wane, conflict, contradiction, cross-purposes, discrepancy, inconsistency, opposite, opposition, repugnance). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

парадокс (paradox). (various references)

   

Czech

  

antinomie, protiklad (antithesis, contradiction, contrast, opposition). (various references)

   

Italian

  

antinomia. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

背反 (contradiction, going against, rebellion, revolting), 二律背反 (self-contradiction), アンチノック剤 (anchovy, antifeminism, antifreeze, antiknock agent, antimagnetic, antimony, antique, antique fashion, anti-roman, en tous cas, en-tout-cas). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

にりつはいは" (self-contradiction), アンチノミー , はいは" (abolition of the han system, contradiction, going against, rebellion, revolting). (various references)

   

Manx

  

noi-leighaght. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

antinomyay

   

Portuguese

  

antinomia, oposição recíproca. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

antinomie, paradox (paradox). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

противоречие в законе, парадокс (paradox). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

antinomija. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

antinomia. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

antinomi, zıtlık (antagonism, antipodes, antithesis, contradistinction, contrast, cross-purposes, opposition, repugnance), karşıtlık (contrariness, hostility, opposition, reciprocity), çelişki (cleavage, contradiction, contradictoriness, contrast, discrepancy, excursion, paradox, variable). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

суперечність у законі, суперечність між двома законами, суперечність (antagonism, antilogy, collision, conflict, contradiction, contrariety, gainsay, repugnance), антиномія, протиріччя (gainsay), парадокс (paradox). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự tự mâu thuẫn (self-contradiction), mâu thuẫn trong luật pháp, mâu thuẫn giữa hai luật pháp sự xung đột về quyền binh sự tương phản. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: ANTINOMY

Misspellings

"ANTINOMY" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: antynom, natanson. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "ANTINOMY"

Words rhyming with "ANTINOMY" (pronounced 'An*tin"o*my'): Academy, Adenotomy, Adesmy, Adynamy, Agronomy, Alchemy, Allogamy, Anatomy, Andranatomy, Androtomy, Angiotomy, Anomy, Aplotomy, Apogamy, Aponeurotomy, Archenemy, Army, Arrhytmy, Arteriotomy, Astronomy, Atimy, Autogamy, Autonomy, Belamy, BIGAMY, Bionomy, Blasphemy, Blosmy, Bronchotomy, Capsulotomy, Celotomy, Cephalotomy, Chalazogamy, Chasmy, Chirognomy, Chironomy, Cholecystotomy, Chondrotomy, Cirsotomy, Clammy, Cleronomy, Coenogamy, Colotomy, Craniognomy, Craniotomy, Crummy, Cystotomy, Dactylonomy, Dysnomy, Gastroelytrotomy. (additional references)

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Anagrams: ANTINOMY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: antimony.

Words within the letters "a-i-m-n-n-o-t-y"

-1 letter: antonym.

-2 letters: amnion, anoint, anonym, manito, minyan, nation, nomina, tinman.

-3 letters: amino, amity, amnio, anion, annoy, anomy, atomy, atony, matin, minny, minty, niton, tinny, toman.

-4 letters: amin, anon, anti, atom, ayin, into, iota, main, mano, many, mayo, mina, mint, mity, moan, moat, mony, myna, naoi, noma, nona, nota, omit, tain, tiny, tony, tyin, yoni.

 Words containing the letters "a-i-m-n-n-o-t-y"
 

+1 letter: anonymity, antonymic, mountainy.

 

+2 letters: antonymies, dominantly, sanctimony.

 

+3 letters: actinomycin, anonymities, longanimity, nonmilitary, nonmystical.

 

+4 letters: actinomycins, antimonopoly, intercompany, intracompany, monosynaptic, nonenzymatic, nonmigratory.

 

+5 letters: concomitantly, demyelination, incriminatory, monotonically, monumentality, mountainously, nonmyelinated, nonsystematic, predominantly, unemotionally.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: ANTINOMY


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 4E 54 49 4E 4F 4D 59

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    -.    -    ..    -.    ---    --    -.--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01001110 01010100 01001001 01001110 01001111 01001101 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#78 &#84 &#73 &#78 &#79 &#77 &#89

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 004E 0054 0049 004E 004F 004D 0059

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3548544348494759

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Rhymes
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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vertaling, transferim, transmetim, ‏ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ‏ترجمة, ‏إفتتان, транслация, огъване, превод, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, превеждане, 翻译, překlad, oversættelse, translatie, taajuusmuutos, translaatio, traduction, oersetting, Übersetzung, μετάφραση, תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק, fordítás, traduzione, 翻訳 , へい"ういどう, やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, トランスレーション , やくじゅつ, ほ"やくしょ, 번역, tradukshon, tradução, translaţie, tãlmãcire, traducere, сдвиг, трансляция, перемещение, перевод, tumačenje, traducción, översättning, tercüme, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích, trosiad, for translation;
Albaans, Albanies, Albaniese taal, shqip, ‏الألبانية, ‏الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, Albanyano, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albánský, Albanees, albanskt, albanialainen, Albanais, Albaneesk, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, arbnisht, arbërisht, albán, albanskur, albanska, AlbÚinis, albanese, 알"니아, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, Alapania, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець, for Albanian;
Arabies, arabishte, ‏العربية, ‏عربي, ‏اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, 阿拉伯 , arabský, arabština, arábiskt, arabialainen, arabe, Arabysk, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, 아라비아, Arabish, arabir, arabic, арабский, Arapi, arapski, árabe, arabisk, าษาหรืออักขระอาหรับ, เกี่ยวกับอาระเบีย, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập, for Arabic;
Bulgaars, Bulgaar, bulgr, ‏البلغارية, ‏بلغاري, Búlgaru, български, български език, българин, Bulgaryan, 保 利亚, bulharský, bulgarer, bulgarskt, bulgarialainen, Bulgaarsk, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bullgar, bolgár, bulgaro, 불가리아, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, Bułgar, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri, for Bulgarian;
Tsjeggies, Tsjeg, çek, ‏تشيكي, ‏اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, ‏التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, Checu, чешки, Sekoslovakyano, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, tjekkiskt, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tsjechysk, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, 체", Sheckagh, Sheckish, Czech, chèc, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc, for Czech;
Italianer, Italiaans, Italiaan, ‏شخص إيطالي, ‏اللغة الإيطالية, ‏الإيطالي, ‏إيطالي, Italianu, италиански език, италиански, италианец, Italyano, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italština, italský, ital, italiener, italienskt, italialainen, Italien, Italjaansk, italienisch, Ιταλός, italisht, איטלקי, איטלקית, olasz, Ítali, IodÚilis, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, Włoch, italianã, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, итальянский язык, итальянский, итальянец, Italia, italijanski, italijanski jezik, italijan, sí-Taliyáne, italienare, italiensk, italienska, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, ชาวอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка, for Italian;
gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manský, manština, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, Manninish, Manninagh, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man dili, man adası, менський діалект, менський, for manx;
Portugees, portugez, portugalisht, ‏اللغة البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالي, португалски език, португалски, португалец, Potuges, 葡萄牙语, 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙語 , portugalský, portugiser, portugisiskt, portugalilainen, portugais, Portugeesk, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, Portaingéilis, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, portugues, Portugalczyk, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalski, portugalac, portugués, Mreno, si-Putúkezi, portugis, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, portekizce, португальська мова, португальський, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha, for Portuguese;
Roemeen, rumun, Rumanu, румънски език, румънски, румънец, Romanyan, 罗马尼亚语, rumunský, rumunština, rumæner, Roemeens, rumenskt, romanialainen, roumain, Roemeensk, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, 루마니아, Roomainagh, romeno, romanés, român, румын, румынский, rumunski, rumunski jezik, rumano, rumänsk, румунська мова, румун, румунський, румунка, for Romanian;
Russies, Rus, ‏الروسية, ‏روسي, ‏اللغة الروسية, Rusu, руски, руски език, руснак, Rusyan, 俄語 , 俄语, 俄文 , ruština, ruský, russer, russur, russiskt, venäläinen, Russysk, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, rússneskur, Rússi, Rúisis, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, russisk, Rosjanin, русский, Lusia, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, sí-Rashîya, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga, for Russian;
塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, serbokroatisch, 세르보크로아티아, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk, เกี่ยวกับ าษาเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, าษาหลักของชาวเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, for Serbo-Croatian;
Spaans, Spaanse taal, spanjoll, ‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, испански език, испански, espanyoles, Espanyol, 西班牙语, 西班牙文 , 西班牙語 , španìlský, španìlština, spanskt, espanjalainen, espagnol, Spaansk, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, karaiñe'êmegua, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, SpÚinnis, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainagh, Spaainish, spañó, espanhol, espanhòl, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, spaniol, испанский, Sipaniolo, španski jezik, španski, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyolca, ispanyol, іспанська мова, іспанський, for Spanish;
Turks, turk, ‏تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, ‏اللغة التركية, Turcu, турски, турски език, Turko, 土耳其, 土耳其語 , tureètina, turecký, turkist, turkkilainen, turque, turc, Turksk, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türk, türkçe, турецька мова, турецький, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ, for Turkish;
乌克兰, for Ukranian;
Vietnamees, vietnamez, vietnamisht, виетнамски език, виетнамски, Vietnamis, 越南語 , 越南 , 越南语, vietnamský, vietnamka, vietnamec, vietnamština, vietnameser, vjetmanskt, vietnamilainen, vietnamien, Fjetnameesk, vietnamese, vietnamesisch, Vietnamesin, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnami, vietnámi, ベトナ 人 , ベトナ じ", 트남, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, vietnam, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt, for Vietnamese;