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contrariety
[ kon-truh-rahy-i-tee ]
noun
- 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 /
noun
- opposition between one thing and another; disagreement
- an instance of such opposition; inconsistency; discrepancy
- logic the relationship between two contraries
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Other Words From
- noncon·tra·rie·ty noun plural noncontrarieties
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Word History and Origins
Origin of contrariety1
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Example Sentences
Concerning the disease, there was great contrariety of opinion among medical men.
But it isn't particularly reasonable to talk of the contrariety of fate if they both get hit.
The same contrariety in his members seemed to exist throughout the whole man.
And yet the extensive contrariety between the old and the new is admitted.
With that unerring instinct of contrariety that never seemed to forsake him, Borrow proceeded to learn, not law but Welsh.
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