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Definition of "antinomian" []

  • An adherent of antinomianism. (noun)
  • Of or relating to the doctrine of antinomianism. (adjective)
  • Opposed to or denying the fixed meaning or universal applicability of moral law: "By raising segregation and racial persecution to the ethical level of law, it puts into practice the antinomian rules of Orwell's world. Evil becomes good, inhumanity is interpreted as charity, egoism as compassion” ( Elie Wiesel). (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "antinomian" in a sentence
  • "An antinomian is anyone who seeks, consciously or unconsciously, to disrupt or destroy the nomos."
  • "Mencius Moldbug reveals the truth about left and right — or, as he refers to them, pronomian and antinomian, meaning for or against the formal promises — property rights and contracts — already in place in a society:"
  • "It should be noted that radical love is not about abolishing all rules or justifying an antinomian existence, sexual or otherwise."