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Recent Examples of antinomy
For example, in August, China levied restrictions on exports of antinomy, a critical material used in a wide range of important products and a critical alloy in the production of munitions.
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Jeffrey Weng, National Review, 20 Dec. 2024
The antinomy produces statements that can be neither false nor true.
—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
Jeffrey Weng, National Review, 20 Dec. 2024
The antinomy produces statements that can be neither false nor true.
—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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There needs to be a little bit of mystery left, right?—
Alison Edmond,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Mar. 2025
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The murder mystery, sci-fi, natural catastrophe tale hooks its viewers within the first few scenes and doesn’t let go until the very last scene, and even then, you’re left wanting more.—
Dana Feldman,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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And yet, there is something gripping about his struggle, year after year, to solve the riddle of art.—
Susan Tallman,
The Atlantic,
12 Mar. 2025
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But the fragments pose new mysteries as well, including riddles contained in the enigmatic runic markings, which are proving difficult to translate, as well as surprising clues as to the identities of the carvers themselves.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
22 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Page, losing his Bridgerton persona completely, is an enigma with an ego, Burke is outstanding as a man in decline, and the always-great Harris is very fine as well.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
6 Mar. 2025
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Astronomers may have solved a enigma involving a mysterious X-ray signal from a dying star that's been puzzling scientists since 1980.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This puzzle tests players' ability to group words based on subtle relationships, requiring both logical reasoning and a strong command of language.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
17 Mar. 2025
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Note: Most subscribers have some, but not all, of the puzzles that correspond to the following set of solutions for their local newspaper.—
USA TODAY,
USA TODAY,
16 Mar. 2025
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The paradox is striking many of those hardest hit by these policies reside in Republican strongholds.—
Aisha Nyandoro,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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The paradox of economic pressure is that Washington enjoys a much greater degree of leverage over countries that are invested in a long-term alliance with it.—
Nicholas Mulder,
Foreign Affairs,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Antinomy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antinomy. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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