antinomy

n.; pl. Antinomies [ L. antinomia, Gr. &unr_;; 'anti` against + &unr_; law. ] 1. Opposition of one law or rule to another law or rule. [ 1913 Webster ]

Different commentators have deduced from it the very opposite doctrines. In some instances this apparent antinomy is doubtful. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An opposing law or rule of any kind. [ 1913 Webster ]

As it were by his own antinomy, or counterstatute. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Metaph.) A contradiction or incompatibility of thought or language; -- in the Kantian philosophy, such a contradiction as arises from the attempt to apply to the ideas of the reason, relations or attributes which are appropriate only to the facts or the concepts of experience. [ 1913 Webster ]