contrariety

Noun

Meaning

The state or quality of being contrary; opposition; repugnance; disagreement; antagonism.

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

discrepancy inconsistency repugnance counteraction difference contrast resistance conflict opposition distinction variation departure diversity collision variance

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Antonyms

example love consonance understanding balance accuracy

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Hypernyms

opposition oppositeness

Derivatives

contrarieties

Examples

But such is the nature of the human mind, that it always lays hold on every mind that approaches it; and as it is wonderfully fortified by an unanimity of sentiments, so is it shocked and disturbed by any contrariety. David Hume

So different are the colors of life, as we look forward to the future, or backward to the past and so different the opinions and sentiments which this contrariety of appearance naturally produces, that the conversation of the old and young ends generally with contempt or pity on either side. Samuel Johnson

"Dramatic Experiments: Life according to Diderot" State University of New York Press * Rex, Walter E. Diderot's Counterpoints: The Dynamics of Contrariety in His Major Works. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

contrariantly contraries contrarietie contrarily contrarily to contrariness