Meanings
adjectiveantinomic (comparative more antinomic, superlative most antinomic)
comparative more antinomic · superlative most antinomic · alternative antinomical
- Exhibiting or pertaining to antinomy; contradictory.
Their reasoning, the judge wrote, was that it would be antinomic for the F.B.I., charged with fighting crime, to employ as an informer a murderer as vicious and prolific as Greg Scarpa.
2007 November 3, Jim Dwyer, “A Prosecution Goes Bad, and a Judge Lets Loose”, in New York Times
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Catalan antinòmic
- antinòmicexhibiting or pertaining to antinomy; contradictory
Italian antinomico
- antinomicoexhibiting or pertaining to antinomy; contradictory
Polish antynomiczny, antynomijny
- antynomicznyexhibiting or pertaining to antinomy; contradictory
- antynomijnyexhibiting or pertaining to antinomy; contradictory
Portuguese antinómico, antinômico
- antinómicoexhibiting or pertaining to antinomy; contradictory
- antinômicoexhibiting or pertaining to antinomy; contradictory
Romanian antinomic
- antinomicexhibiting or pertaining to antinomy; contradictory
Russian антиномический, антиномичный
- антиномический (antinomičeskij)exhibiting or pertaining to antinomy; contradictory
- антиномичный (antinomičnyj)exhibiting or pertaining to antinomy; contradictory
Ukrainian антиномі́чний
- антиномі́чний (antynomíčnyj)exhibiting or pertaining to antinomy; contradictory
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antinomic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antinomic
MLA
“antinomic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antinomic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antinomic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antinomic.
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