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antinomy

The origin and history of antinomy.

Etymology

Antinomy is a learned borrowing from Latin antinomia, itself from Greek, combining a prefix meaning against with a word for law or custom. In English it can also be read as anti- plus -nomy, a suffix for a system of law or knowledge.

Origin: Latin, from Ancient Greek

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