antinomian

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Antinomi, from Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, “against”) + νόμος (nómos, “custom, law”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /æntiˈnoʊmi.ən/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /æntiˈnoʊmi.ən/, /æntaɪˈnoʊmi.ən/

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• Hyphenation: an‧ti‧no‧mi‧an

Noun

antinomian (plural antinomians)

1. (Christianity, Judaism) One who embraces, encourages, or practices antinomianism.
   • 1886, J. H. Thorpe, "John Brine" entry in Dictionary of National Biography:

     "He was called by many persons an antinomian, though his life was exemplary."

Translations

one who embraces, encourages, or practices antinomianism

• Finnish: antinomisti
• German: Antinomist m
• Portuguese: antinomiano m, antinomista m or f
• Russian: антиноми́ст (ru) m (antinomíst), антиноми́стка f (antinomístka)
• Spanish: antinomiano m, antinomiana f, antinomista, antinomianista

Adjective

antinomian (comparative more antinomian, superlative most antinomian)

1. Of or pertaining to antinomianism.
2. Rejecting higher moral or legal authority.
   • 1926, T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, New York: Anchor (1991), page 194:

     We might turn our average into a rule (not a law, since war was antinomian) and develop a habit of never engaging the enemy.

   • 1937, George Orwell, chapter 9, in The Road to Wigan Pier:

     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.

   • 2009, Randall Collins, Violence: A Micro-sociological Theory, page 256:

     A carousing zone is a place where the ritualism of generating antinomian excitement prevails and may even be institutionalized.

Derived terms

• antinomianism

Translations

of or pertaining to antinomianism

• Finnish: antinomilainen
• German: antinomistisch
• Portuguese: antinomiano, antinomista
• Spanish: antinomiano, antinomianista

Anagrams

• antimonian