noun
- Plural of antinomy; contradictions or conflicts between two laws, principles, or statements that seem equally valid.
Usage: formal; philosophy
Examples
- The philosopher explored the antinomes between free will and determinism.
- Kant's antinomes revealed fundamental contradictions in human reason.
- The legal system sometimes faces antinomes when two statutes conflict.
- These antinomes have puzzled thinkers for centuries.
- The antinomes in the theory made it difficult to accept as complete.