antinomian

From Medieval Latin Antinomi,^[1] from Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, “against”) + νόμος (nómos, “custom, law”).

• (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

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."

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.

• antinomianism

• antimonian