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contrariety

[ kon-truh-rahy-i-tee ]

noun

plural contrarieties
  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.


contrariety

/ ËŒ°ìÉ’²Ô³Ù°ùəˈ°ù²¹ÉªÉ™³Ùɪ /

noun

  1. opposition between one thing and another; disagreement
  2. an instance of such opposition; inconsistency; discrepancy
  3. logic the relationship between two contraries
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²Ô´Ç²Ôc´Ç²Ô·³Ù°ù²¹Â·°ù¾±î€½Ä·³Ù²â noun plural noncontrarieties
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of contrariety1

1350–1400; Middle English contrariete (< Anglo-French ) < Late Latin ³¦´Ç²Ô³Ù°ùÄå°ù¾±±ð³ÙÄå²õ. See contrary, -ity
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He says what you wouldn’t expect; if Dyson has a pattern, perhaps it is contrariety.

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Where Dylan rambunctiously inhabits the multifarious world, Cohen more often circles the many mortal contrarieties that lie between the lovers’ bed and the altar – regularly, for him, the same thing.

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A profanity that the mayor of Florence used publicly to describe McDonald’s earlier this year betrayed “a belligerent contrariety,†the suit says.

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Mr. Sharpe shook his head as if to clear it of contrarieties.

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He lays out all of Benton’s contrarieties, argues them through, prosecuting, defending, and usually leaves them as he found them.

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