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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Antinomy \An*tin"o*my\ (?; 277), n.; pl. Antinomies. [L. antinomia, Gr. ?; 'anti` against + ? law.] 1. Opposition of one law or rule to another law or rule. [1913 Webster] Different commentators have deduced from it the very opposite doctrines. In some instances this apparent antinomy is doubtful. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster] 2. An opposing law or rule of any kind. [1913 Webster] As it were by his own antinomy, or counterstatute. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. (Metaph.) 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. [1913 Webster]