contrariety

American  

[kon-truh-rahy-i-tee] / ˌkɒn trəˈraɪ ɪ ti /

noun

contrarieties plural

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.

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contrariety British  

/ ˌkɒntrəˈraɪətɪ /

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 Word Forms

Derived Forms

• noncontrariety
  noun

Inflected Forms

noun

• contrarieties
  plural

Etymology

Origin of contrariety

1350–1400; Middle English contrariete (< Anglo-French ) < Late Latin contrārietās. See contrary, -ity

Example Sentences

I hoped, after our separation, you would have changed your sentiments; I hoped too, that God would have delivered me from the tumult of my senses, and that contrariety which reigns in my heart.

From Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix?d a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes by Bayle, Pierre

Where different principles beget a contrariety of conduct, which is the case with all different political principles, the matter may be more easily explained.

From Essays by Hume, David

Far we need not go, to see What makes a contrariety.

From Geoffery Gambado A Simple Remedy for Hypochondriacism and Melancholy Splenetic Humours by Bunbury, William Henry

In opposition to, whether the opposition is of sentiment or of action; on the other side; counter to; in contrariety to; hence, adverse to; as, against reason; against law; to run a race against time.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

The whole force of the contrast and contrariety between the Colossian Christians’ past and present lies in that emphatic “now.”

From The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon by Maclaren, Alexander