Contrariety

Quick meaning: Contrariety is a noun meaning Opposition or contrariness; cross-purposes, marked contrast.

Meaning

Opposition or contrariness; cross-purposes, marked contrast.

Example Sentences

At the heart of his argument is the contrariety between day and night, light and dark.

This contrariety of humours betwixt my father and my uncle, was the source of many a fraternal squabble.

What differences of sense and reason, what contrarietie of imaginations doth the diversitie of our passions present unto us?

The wind blowing steady and gentle from the south, there was no contrariety between that and the current, and the billows rose and fell unbroken.

Word Forms

• contrarieties
• contrarietie

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include contrariant, counter, contraposition, intercontradiction, contragredience, cross purposes.

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