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    3. 二律背反

    二律背反

    二に律りつ背はい反はん

    antinomy

    KMT10News #34+1NounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab24 strokes

    にりつはいはん

    Noun

    1.
    antinomy, self-contradiction, either-or situation, choice between mutually exclusive alternatives
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    彼かれの主しゅ張ちょうには二に律りつ背はい反はんがある。

    There is a self-contradiction in his argument.

    KMT8Core ConceptsEmotions & Psychology
    自じ由ゆうと安あん全ぜんは、しばしば二に律りつ背はい反はんの関かん係けいにある。

    Freedom and safety are often in an antinomic relationship.

    KMT10Politics & LawEmotions & Psychology
    カント哲てつ学がくにおける純じゅ粋んす理い性り批せい判ひは、宇んわ宙うちゅ論うろ的んて二きに律りつ背はい反はんを深ふかく考こう察さつしている。

    Kant's Critique of Pure Reason deeply examines cosmological antinomies.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyphilosophyLiterature
    宗しゅう教きょう的てきな教きょう義ぎには、時ときに二に律りつ背はい反はんのように見みえる側そく面めんがある。

    Religious doctrines sometimes have aspects that appear to be antinomies.

    KMT10Religion & Philosophyphilosophy
    倫りん理り的てきなジレンマは、二に律りつ背はい反はんの状じょう況きょうを生うみ出だすことが多 い。

    Ethical dilemmas often create situations of antinomy.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyphilosophyEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    二
    ふた・ふた.つ・ふたたび…(11)
    two・two radical (no. 7)
    律
    rhythm・law・regulation・gauge・control
    背
    せ・せい・そむ.く・そむ.ける…(1)
    stature・height・back・behind・disobey…(3)
    反
    そ.る・そ.らす・かえ.す・かえ.る・-かえ.る…(6)
    anti-
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