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Antithesis vs Antinomy - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between antithesis and antinomy

is that antithesis is a proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition while antinomy is an apparent contradiction between valid conclusions; a paradox.

antithesis

English

Noun

(antitheses)
  • A proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition.
  • (rhetoric) A device by which two contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in parallel form.

    • Antonyms

    * epitome

    Related terms

    * antithetical

    antinomy

    English

    (wikipedia antinomy)

    Noun

    (antinomies)
  • An apparent contradiction between valid conclusions; a paradox

    • Usage notes

    * Do not confuse with antimony . * Kant used antinomy ((Critique of Pure Reason) , Bloom translation) to speak of two valid conclusions that appeared to contradict each other, but that could be resolved when it was seen that they were from two distinct and exclusive sets. So no paradox exists, only the inappropriate application of an idea from one set—being applied to another—causes a seeming paradox.

    Synonyms

    * paradox

    Derived terms

    * antinomian * antinomianism

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