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Contrariety Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Contrariety? [n] the relation between contraries Synonyms \| Synonyms for Contrariety: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Contrariety: abominability \| accord \| addition \| adjunct \| affairs \| affiliation \| affinity \| alliance \| antagonism \| anteposition \| antipathy \| antithesis \| approximation \| assemblage \| association \| asymmetry \| backlash \| bad blood \| baseness \| beastliness \| bond \| clashing \| closeness \| collision \| combination \| competition \| con \| conflict \| confrontation \| confrontment \| confutation \| connectedness \| connection \| contemptibility \| contention \| contiguity \| contradiction \| contradistinction \| contraposition \| contrariness \| contrast \| counteraction \| counterposition \| counterworking \| crankiness \| cross-purposes \| crotchetiness \| crudeness \| dealings \| deduction \| departure \| despicability \| despicableness \| deviation \| difference \| disaccord \| disaccordance \| disagreement \| disconformity \| discongruity \| discordance \| discrepancy \| discreteness \| disequilibrium \| disgustingness \| disjunction \| disparity \| disproportion \| dissension \| dissent \| dissimilarity \| dissonance \| distinction \| distinctness \| divergence \| divergency \| diversity \| enmity \| far cry \| filiation \| foulness \| fractiousness \| friction \| fulsomeness \| grossness \| harshness \| hatefulness \| heinousness \| heterogeneity \| homology \| hostility \| ignobility \| imbalance \| inaccordance \| inadequacy \| incompatibility \| incongruity \| inconsistency \| inconsonance \| inequality \| inequity \| inharmoniousness \| inharmony \| inimicalness \| injustice \| insufficiency \| intercourse \| interference \| intimacy \| irreconcilability \| irregularity \| junction \| kick \| liaison \| link \| linkage \| linking \| loathsomeness \| mixture \| mutual attraction \| nastiness \| nauseousness \| nearness \| negativeness \| noisomeness \| noncompliance \| nonconcurrence \| nonconformance \| nonconformism \| nonconformity \| noncooperation \| nonobservance \| nonuniformity \| noxiousness \| objectionability \| objectionableness \| obnoxiousness \| obscenity \| obstinacy \| odds \| odiousness \| offensiveness \| opposing \| opposition \| opposure \| oppugnance \| oppugnancy \| originality \| otherness \| overbalance \| perverseness \| polar opposition \| polarity \| polarization \| posing against \| propinquity \| protest \| proximity \| putridity \| putridness \| rapport \| reaction \| rebarbativeness \| recalcitrance \| recoil \| recusance \| recusancy \| refractoriness \| relatedness \| relation \| relations \| relationship \| renitency \| repellence \| repellency \| repercussion \| repugnance \| repulsiveness \| resistance \| revolt \| rivalry \| rottenness \| separateness \| shortcoming \| similarity \| swimming upstream \| sympathy \| tie \| tie-in \| unbalance \| unconformity \| uncooperativeness \| unevenness \| unfair discrimination \| union \| unlikeness \| unorthodoxy \| unspeakableness \| variance \| variation \| variegation \| variety \| vileness \| vying See Also \| oppositeness \| opposition Contrariety In Webster's Dictionary \Con`trari"ety\n.; pl. {Contrarieties}. [L. contrarietas: cf. F. contrari['e]t['e].] 1. The state or quality of being contrary; opposition; repugnance; disagreement; antagonism. There is a contrariety between those things that conscience inclines to, and those that entertain the senses. --South. 2. Something which is contrary to, or inconsistent with, something else; an inconsistency. How can these contrarieties agree? --Shak. Syn: Inconsistency; discrepancy; repugnance.

Contrariety Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Contrariety?

[n] the relation between contraries

Synonyms | Synonyms for Contrariety:

See Also | oppositeness | opposition

Contrariety In Webster's Dictionary

\Con`tra*ri"e*ty\n.; pl. {Contrarieties}. [L.
contrarietas: cf. F. contrari['e]t['e].]
1. The state or quality of being contrary; opposition;
   repugnance; disagreement; antagonism.

         There is a contrariety between those things that
         conscience inclines to, and those that entertain the
         senses.                               --South.

2. Something which is contrary to, or inconsistent with,
   something else; an inconsistency.

         How can these contrarieties agree?    --Shak.

Syn: Inconsistency; discrepancy; repugnance.

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