An'ti-no-my or An-tin'o-my, n.
(Synop., § 130), n. [Lat. antinomia, Gr. ἀντινομία, from ἀντί, against, and νόμος, law.]
Sense 1. The opposition of one law or rule to another law or rule.
Different commentators have deduced from it the very opposite doctrines. In some instances this apparent antinomy is doubtful. De Quincey.
Sense 2. A law or other thing opposite or contrary. “As it were by his own antinomy, or counter-statute.” Milton.
Sense 3. (Metaph.) According to Kant, that natural contradiction which results from the law of reason, when, passing the limits of experience, we seek to know the absolute. Fleming.