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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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Understanding more about the phenomenon could help scientists to probe some of the enduring mysteries of the universe, such as dark energy — the enigmatic force that causes the universe to expand faster over time.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
11 Feb. 2025
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And what would a finale be without an update on the show’s season-long mystery?—
Andy Swift,
TVLine,
11 Feb. 2025
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The riddle has stumped scholars for over a century, and as a result, little is known about its authors.—
The Editors of ARTnews,
ARTnews.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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We were instantly attracted to the riddle of the character.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2025
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The depiction of the two swans has been both an enigma and a source of inspiration for artists.—
Angelica Frey,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Feb. 2025
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Unpacking the enigma of Biden’s legacy: Prof Allan Lichtman joins Rising to discuss Historian Allan Lichtman reflects on President Biden’s legacy and his 50 years to public service.—
The Hill,
The Hill,
17 Jan. 2025
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The next puzzle will be available at midnight in your time zone.—
Mark Cooper,
The Athletic,
8 Feb. 2025
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Admission is $5 and includes light refreshments, puzzles to work on and a museum to explore.—
Kay Johnson,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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That paradox made her work do double duty as fine art and self-consciously performative discourse.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2025
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The open availability of a low-cost, low-compute model opens the door to the Jevons paradox, an economic principle that increased efficiency leads to greater overall consumption rather than a reduction.—
Tom Wheeler,
TIME,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Antinomy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antinomy. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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