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noun
- 1. contrary opposition.
- 2. opposition or inconsistency between two things: "questions that involved much contrariety of opinion"
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noun. , plural con·tra·ri·e·ties. the quality or state of being contrary. something contrary or of opposite character; a contrary fact or statement. Logic. the relation between contraries. contrariety. / ˌkɒntrəˈraɪətɪ /.
1. : the quality or state of being contrary. 2. : something contrary. Synonyms. contrariness. oppositeness. opposition. polarity. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of contrariety in a Sentence. the inescapable contrariety of her chief interests: food and a desire for supermodel svelteness. Word History. Etymology.
the "contrariety" family. the relation between contraries.
1. the quality or state of being contrary. 2. something contrary or of opposite character; a contrary fact or statement. 3. Logic. the relation between contraries.
con•tra•ri•e•ty. (ˌkɒn trəˈraɪ ɪ ti) n., pl. -ties. 1. the quality or state of being contrary. 2. something contrary or of opposite character; a contrary fact or statement.
May 21, 2024 · Noun. [ edit] contrariety ( countable and uncountable, plural contrarieties) Opposition or contrariness; cross-purposes, marked contrast. Translations. [ edit] ± Translations. Categories: English terms borrowed from Middle French. English terms derived from Middle French. English terms derived from Late Latin. English terms derived from Latin.
Synonyms for CONTRARIETY: opposition, oppositeness, polarity, divergence, contrariness, conflict, dissimilarity, variance; Antonyms of CONTRARIETY: similarity, sameness, agreement, resemblance, congruity, similitude, conformity, parallelism.
noun. The condition or quality of being contrary. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Anything that is contrary; inconsistency or discrepancy. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Opposition or contrariness; cross-purposes, marked contrast. Wiktionary. Synonyms: otherness. nonconformism. nonconformance. discongruity. disconformity.
contrariety. noun. Opposition or contrariness; cross-purposes, marked contrast. exact ( 30 ) His method allowed him to make use of his recognition that "a manifest and striking contrariety between the life of an author and his writings" can exist and to assign different purposes to his analysis of his subjects' lives and their poetry. 1.
opposition between one thing and another; disagreement. an instance of such opposition; inconsistency; discrepancy. 'contrariety' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations): adversative - antipathy - difference - discrepancy - enantiotropy - repugnance - strife.
