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Recent Examples of antinomy
The antinomy produces statements that can be neither false nor true.
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Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2024
This rules out antinomies such as the barber paradox.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2024
Unlike Hilbert’s hotel and the birthday paradox, Russell’s antinomy is not a result that merely eludes our intuition.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2024
The antinomies of male and female, and the product of their union, seem very much on his mind during this period.
—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
The most recent developments in the Russian-Ukrainian war call forth similar antinomies.
—Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 15 June 2023
The great Russian sociologist Yuri Levada theorized that antinomies—pairs of mutually exclusive beliefs—were key to understanding the Soviet totalitarian mentality.
—Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 15 June 2023
By obliterating Twitter’s attempts at resolving the irreconcilable antinomy between good and bad virality, Musk has only ensured that the Chinese government can engage in viral spam to defeat viral attempts at amplifying domestic protests of CCP’s zero-Covid biosecurity regime.
—WIRED, 1 Dec. 2022
Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2024
This rules out antinomies such as the barber paradox.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2024
Unlike Hilbert’s hotel and the birthday paradox, Russell’s antinomy is not a result that merely eludes our intuition.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2024
The antinomies of male and female, and the product of their union, seem very much on his mind during this period.
—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
The most recent developments in the Russian-Ukrainian war call forth similar antinomies.
—Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 15 June 2023
The great Russian sociologist Yuri Levada theorized that antinomies—pairs of mutually exclusive beliefs—were key to understanding the Soviet totalitarian mentality.
—Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 15 June 2023
By obliterating Twitter’s attempts at resolving the irreconcilable antinomy between good and bad virality, Musk has only ensured that the Chinese government can engage in viral spam to defeat viral attempts at amplifying domestic protests of CCP’s zero-Covid biosecurity regime.
—WIRED, 1 Dec. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for antinomy
Noun
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All the Europeans trying to get into WWE was such a mystery about it.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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But for 130 years, the location of the infamous roots was a mystery.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 Apr. 2025
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There are still 156 games left, and they’ll be packed with all sorts of answers, riddles, misdirection and lies.—
Grant Brisbee,
New York Times,
3 Apr. 2025
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For example, any theory of everything must be able to explain the riddle posed by Hawking radiation, or the slippery nature of cosmic inflation.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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The Kansas City Royals are a bit of an enigma right now.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
13 Apr. 2025
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Piper and Timothy go through transformative experiences over the season, but Saxon, Lochlan, and Victoria remain enigmas to each other and the viewer.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2025
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Yet the organization that cracks this puzzle, delivering a holistic, user-friendly experience at scale, could seize a massive share of the consumer finance market.—
Zennon Kapron,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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While there is a great deal of simulcasting, the use of technology is more rooted here in pre-recorded material, helping solve the logistical puzzle of having Snook play all the roles.—
Christian Lewis,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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This tension, between authority and provocation, is one of a few defining paradoxes of the museum, built into its DNA from the very start.—
Rachel Corbett,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2025
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Denisovan paradox Denisovans were first identified in 2010 in a lab using DNA sequences extracted from a tiny fragment of finger bone found in Denisova Cave in Siberia’s Altai Mountains, which is how the group got its name.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Antinomy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antinomy. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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