Definition of antilogy in English:
antilogy
nounPlural antilogiesanˈtɪlədʒi
archaic A contradiction in terms or ideas.
Example sentencesExamples
- More generally, antilogy names the basic rhetorical theory (propounded by Protagoras) that two contrary arguments may be given about everything.
- We join tautologies, synonyms, antonyms, and antilogies by the common name oppositi (singular- oppositus) (from the Latin, oppositus = opposite).
- Accepting this mathematical context produces a semantical change in the meanings of the terms with the result that they no longer stand for classical concepts and are therefore no longer antilogies.
- He commented, ‘Everybody is building reusable components but everyone is building the same reusable components over and over again, which is a little bit of an antilogy.’
- In Hopkins's poetic practice, this is rendered by the frequent use of antilogies to qualify the divine.
Synonyms
conflict, clash, disagreement, opposition, inconsistency, lack of congruence, incongruity, incongruousness, mismatch, variance
Origin
Early 17th century: from French antilogie, from Greek antilogia, from anti- 'against' + -logia (see -logy).