contrariety
contrariety · contrarieties
Opposition or contrarinessOpposition or contrariness; cross-purposes, marked contrast.
/kɒntɹəˈɹʌɪəti/
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Opposition or contrariness; cross-purposes, marked contrast.
More definitions
- the relation between contraries
Origin
Borrowed from Middle French contrariété, from Late Latin contrarietas, from contrarius, frBorrowed from Middle French contrariété, from Late Latin contrarietas, from contrarius, from Latin contra (“against”). By surface analysis, contrary + -ety.
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Forms
plural: contrarieties| Singular | contrariety |
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Word family
1 related wordsDerivedsubcontrariety
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable