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oppositeness|ˈɒpəzɪtnɪs| [f. as prec. + -ness.] The quality of being opposite or opposed; contrariety, antagonism; † repugnance (obs.).
1645W. Jenkyn Stil-Destroyer 5 An..out⁓going of affection after our own things which we make our aime..in a way of oppositnesse even to the things of Christ. 1658Durham Exp. Revelation I. viii. (1680) 50 Notwithstanding his great oppositnesse thereto, [Ambrose] was at length so pressed as he was made to yield. 1824Blackw. Mag. XVI. 664 The same oppositeness to the accustomed opinions of decent Englishmen prevails in a hundred other points. |