Contrariety Definition

kŏntrə-rīĭ-tē
contrarieties
noun
The condition or quality of being contrary.
Webster's New World
Anything that is contrary; inconsistency or discrepancy.
Webster's New World

Opposition or contrariness; cross-purposes, marked contrast.

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Other Word Forms of Contrariety

Noun

Singular:
contrariety
Plural:
contrarieties

Origin of Contrariety

  • From Middle French contrariété, from Late Latin contrarietas, from contrarius, from contra (“against”). Compare contrary.

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