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Definition of contrariety in English: contrarietynoun ˌkɒntrəˈrʌɪətiˌkɑntrəˈraɪədi mass noun1Logic
Contrary opposition. Example sentencesExamples - Does the sentence express a sort of opposition, either contradiction or contrariety etc.?
- The four that can attain this mark, because they depend solely upon the intrinsic properties of ideas, are resemblance, contrariety, degrees in quality, and proportions in quantity or number.
- There is a choice of contraries without very well settled modes of appropriation: standing for different degrees of contrariety.
- Taking his cue again from Blake rather than Hegel, Prynne argues that contrariety is not the same thing as opposition.
Synonyms dissimilarity, contrast, distinction, distinctness, differentiation 2Opposition or inconsistency between two things. questions that involved much contrariety of opinion Example sentencesExamples - Submission to the fundamental contrariety of human nature amounts to an acceptance of the fact that the psyche is at cross purposes with itself.
- This is connected to his distaste for any hint of social determinism, and his eulogising of the essay format as the most suitable means of conveying human contrariety.
- Examples such as this of contrariety within religion can be seen by the years of long debate and argument which have taken place and continue to take place between scholars and theologians alike.
- If environmentalist opposition groups fail to understand that, and their misconceived contrariety prevails to the point where this town loses the chance for this university campus, their credibility will suffer a mortal blow.
- Indeed the contrariety of individuals often means precisely that we can only get at the institutions which individuals pass through.
- ‘Without contrariety there is no progression,’ William Blake wrote.
Synonyms unpredictability, inconstancy, lack of consistency, changeableness, variability, instability, irregularity, unevenness, unsteadiness
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French contrariete, from late Latin contrarietas, from contrarius (see contrary). Rhymes anxiety, dubiety, impiety, impropriety, inebriety, notoriety, piety, satiety, sobriety, ubiety, variety Definition of contrariety in US English: contrarietynounˌkɑntrəˈraɪədiˌkäntrəˈrīədē 1Logic
Contrary opposition. Example sentencesExamples - Does the sentence express a sort of opposition, either contradiction or contrariety etc.?
- There is a choice of contraries without very well settled modes of appropriation: standing for different degrees of contrariety.
- Taking his cue again from Blake rather than Hegel, Prynne argues that contrariety is not the same thing as opposition.
- The four that can attain this mark, because they depend solely upon the intrinsic properties of ideas, are resemblance, contrariety, degrees in quality, and proportions in quantity or number.
Synonyms dissimilarity, contrast, distinction, distinctness, differentiation 2Opposition or inconsistency between two or more things. questions that involved much contrariety of opinion Example sentencesExamples - This is connected to his distaste for any hint of social determinism, and his eulogising of the essay format as the most suitable means of conveying human contrariety.
- If environmentalist opposition groups fail to understand that, and their misconceived contrariety prevails to the point where this town loses the chance for this university campus, their credibility will suffer a mortal blow.
- Submission to the fundamental contrariety of human nature amounts to an acceptance of the fact that the psyche is at cross purposes with itself.
- ‘Without contrariety there is no progression,’ William Blake wrote.
- Indeed the contrariety of individuals often means precisely that we can only get at the institutions which individuals pass through.
- Examples such as this of contrariety within religion can be seen by the years of long debate and argument which have taken place and continue to take place between scholars and theologians alike.
Synonyms unpredictability, inconstancy, lack of consistency, changeableness, variability, instability, irregularity, unevenness, unsteadiness
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French contrariete, from late Latin contrarietas, from contrarius (see contrary). |