antinomian en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Medieval Latin Antinomi, from Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, “against”) + νόμος (nómos, “custom, law”).
Meanings
- Of or pertaining to antinomianism.
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Rejecting higher moral or legal authority.
We might turn our average into a rule (not a law, since war was antinomian) and develop a habit of never engaging the enemy.
1922 (date written; published 1926), T[homas] E[dward] Lawrence, “Book III: A Railway Diversion”, in Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Company, published 1937, →OCLC, page 194:England was full of half-baked antinomian opinions. Pacifism, internationalism, humanitarianism of all kinds, feminism, free love, divorce-reform, atheism, birth-control—things like these were getting a better hearing than they would get in normal times.
1937 March 8, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter IX, in The Road to Wigan Pier, London: Victor Gollancz, published May 1937, →OCLC, part II, page 170:A carousing zone is a place where the ritualism of generating antinomian excitement prevails and may even be institutionalized.
2009, Randall Collins, Violence: A Micro-sociological Theory, page 256:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most antinomian | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more antinomian | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (9)
es antinomiano (of or pertaining to antinomianism) · fi antinomistinen (of or pertaining to antinomianism) · pt antinomiano (of or pertaining to antinomianism) · sv antinomistisk (of or pertaining to antinomianism) · fi antinomilainen (of or pertaining to antinomianism) · es antinomianista (of or pertaining to antinomianism) · de antinomistisch (of or pertaining to antinomianism) · pl antynomistyczny (of or pertaining to antinomianism) · pt antinomista (of or pertaining to antinomianism)