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Word: Antinomy
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘a conflict between two laws’): from Latin antinomia, from Greek, from anti ‘against’ + nomos ‘law’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
anˈtɪnəmi
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a contradiction between two beliefs or conclusions that are in themselves reasonable; a paradox
Short Definition:contradiction between two beliefs or conclusions
Examples:- there are not many short novels capable of accommodating bewildering antinomies
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