Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that is contradictory or contrary to another; an opposite.
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- noun Archaic form of
antinomy .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[anti– + Greek nomos, law; see antinomy.]
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Examples
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At the bottom of it all is the antinome of law and love.
Life of St. Francis of Assisi Paul Sabatier 1893
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Sabatier says of these two rules: "At the bottom of it all is the antinome of law and love.
A Short History of Monks and Monasteries Alfred Wesley Wishart 1899
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