antinomian

n.
An adherent of antinomianism.

adj.

1. Of or relating to the doctrine of antinomianism.
2. 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).

[From Medieval Latin Antinomī, antinomians, pl. of antinomus, opposed to the moral law : Greek anti-, anti- + Greek nomos, law.]

The Sixties are truly over, New York Times columnist David Brooks notes with sober relief. Goodbye, antinomian rebels; hello, bourgeois conformists:

"Today, parents don't seek to liberate their children; they supervise, coach and instruct every element of their lives. Today, there really is no antinomian counterculture — even the artists and rock stars are bourgeois strivers. Today, communes and utopian schemes are out of favor."

Link: Human Nature Redux - New York Times.

Posted February 19, 2007.

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1) one who holds that moral law is of no use because faith alone is necessary to salvation
2) one who rejects a socially established morality

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a follower of the doctrine of antinomianism

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The adjective antinomian has one meaning:

Meaning #1: relating to or influenced by antinomianism
  Pertains to noun: antinomianism (meaning #1)

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - antinomistisk
n. - antinomist

Nederlands (Dutch)
antinomiaan, antinomistisch

Français (French)
adj. - antinomique
n. - antinomique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - antinomistisch
n. - Antinomist , (Christ, den der Moralkodex nicht bindet)

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (θρησκ.) αντινομιστής
adj. - (θρησκ.) αντινομιστικός

Italiano (Italian)
antinomista

Português (Portuguese)
n. - antinomiano (m)
adj. - antinomiano

Русский (Russian)
антином, член христианской секты

Español (Spanish)
adj. - antinomiano
n. - antinomia, contradicción

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - antinomiker
adj. - antinomistisk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
道德律废弃论的, 反律法主义的, 道德律废弃论, 反律法主义的人

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 道德律廢棄論的, 反律法主義的
n. - 道德律廢棄論, 反律法主義的人

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 도덕률 초월론자의
n. - 도덕률 초월론자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 無律法主義者
adj. - 無律法主義の, 道徳律廃棄論の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مناقض (صفه) يناقض القوانين والمبادي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נוגע לדיעה שנוצרים משוחררים מחובת הציות לחוקי המוסר‬
n. - ‮אדם המחזיק בעמדה זו‬

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