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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

Antinomia

Pronunciation / Transliteration: an.ti.no.mi.a

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Antinomy/ænˈtɪn.ə.mi/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45000 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"L'antinomia tra libertà e sicurezza è un tema attuale."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A contradiction between two beliefs or conclusions that are both reasonable.

    "The antinomy between freedom and determinism has puzzled philosophers for centuries."
  2. 2

    A conflict between two laws or principles.

    "The legal antinomy created confusion in the court's ruling."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Greek words 'anti-' (against, opposite) and 'nomos' (law), entering Late Latin as 'antinomia' in the 16th century. Historically used in philosophy and theology to describe a contradiction between two laws or rational principles that are each considered valid.

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