antinomy
noun [ C or U ] formal uk/ænˈtɪn.ə.mi/ us/ænˈtɪn.ə.mi/
二律背反（两种理论或学说虽然各自成立但却相互矛盾的现象），自相矛盾
a situation in which two statements or beliefs that are both reasonable seem to contradict (= disagree with or be opposite to) each other, or a statement or pair of statements like this
the antinomy between freedom and necessity 自由与需求之间的矛盾
We prefer to talk about the value of tolerance in the abstract rather than about its practical limits and antinomies. 我们更喜欢抽象地谈论宽容的价值，而不是谈论它的实际局限及其与其他命题间的矛盾。
Synonyms: contradictionparadox
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- Listening to him, I was able to resolve the stifling antinomy between fidelity and honesty that I had carried with me.
- Do you accept Kant's insoluble antinomy between practical reason and theoretical reason?
- Magical realism can be used to describe virtually any literary text in which binary oppositions, or antinomies, can be discovered.
- The categories philosophers use—body and spirit, materialism and idealism, presence and absence—are antinomies that are very deep, very fixed and very important.
- Cognitive antinomies are often resolved by rejecting the principles causing them.