Contrariety
[,kɒntrә'raiәti]
Definition
(n.) The state or quality of being contrary; opposition; repugnance; disagreement; antagonism.
(n.) Something which is contrary to, or inconsistent with, something else; an inconsistency.
Typed by Dewey
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Opposition, repugnance, antagonism, contradiction, clashing.
Checked by Alyson
Examples
- But such as they were, it may well be supposed how eagerly she went through them, and what a contrariety of emotion they excited. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- These decisions do not well agree together, and are a proof of the contrariety of those principles, from which they are derived. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- A contrariety of events in the past may give us a kind of hesitating belief for the future after two several ways. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Upon this head there may be started a very curious question concerning that contrariety of passions, which is our present subject. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Now it is evident, that in the first case, hatred always follows upon the contrariety of interests; as in the second, love arises from their union. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The first question, that occurs on this head, is concerning the nature and causes of the contrariety. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The case is the same with contrariety, and with the degrees of any quality. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
Typist: Winfred