'Contrariety' definitions:
Definition of 'contrariety'
From: WordNet
noun
The relation between contraries
Definition of 'Contrariety'
From: GCIDE
- Contrariety \Con`tra*ri"e*ty\n.; pl. Contrarieties. [L. contrarietas: cf. F. contrari['e]t['e].]
- 1. The state or quality of being contrary; opposition; repugnance; disagreement; antagonism. [1913 Webster]
- There is a contrariety between those things that conscience inclines to, and those that entertain the senses. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Something which is contrary to, or inconsistent with, something else; an inconsistency. [1913 Webster]
- How can these contrarieties agree? --Shak.
- Syn: Inconsistency; discrepancy; repugnance. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'contrariety'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abominability,
- accord,
- addition,
- adjunct,
- affairs,
- affiliation,
- affinity,
- alliance,
- antagonism,
- anteposition,
- antipathy,
- antithesis,
- approximation,
- assemblage,
- association,
- asymmetry,
- backlash,
- bad blood,
- baseness,
- beastliness,
- bond,
- clashing,
- closeness,
- collision,
- combination,
- competition,
- con,
- conflict,
- confrontation,
- confrontment,
- confutation,
- connectedness,
- connection,
- contemptibility,
- contention,
- contiguity,
- contradiction,
- contradistinction,
- contraposition,
- contrariness,
- contrast,
- counteraction,
- counterposition,
- counterworking,
- crankiness,
- cross-purposes,
- crotchetiness,
- crudeness,
- dealings,
- deduction,
- departure,
- despicability,
- despicableness,
- deviation,
- difference,
- disaccord,
- disaccordance,
- disagreement,
- disconformity,
- discongruity,
- discordance,
- discrepancy,
- discreteness,
- disequilibrium,
- disgustingness,
- disjunction,
- disparity,
- disproportion,
- dissension,
- dissent,
- dissimilarity,
- dissonance,
- distinction,
- distinctness,
- divergence,
- divergency,
- diversity,
- enmity,
- far cry,
- filiation,
- foulness,
- fractiousness,
- friction,
- fulsomeness,
- grossness,
- harshness,
- hatefulness,
- heinousness,
- heterogeneity,
- homology,
- hostility,
- ignobility,
- imbalance,
- inaccordance,
- inadequacy,
- incompatibility,
- incongruity,
- inconsistency,
- inconsonance,
- inequality,
- inequity,
- inharmoniousness,
- inharmony,
- inimicalness,
- injustice,
- insufficiency,
- intercourse,
- interference,
- intimacy,
- irreconcilability,
- irregularity,
- junction,
- kick,
- liaison,
- link,
- linkage,
- linking,
- loathsomeness,
- mixture,
- mutual attraction,
- nastiness,
- nauseousness,
- nearness,
- negativeness,
- noisomeness,
- noncompliance,
- nonconcurrence,
- nonconformance,
- nonconformism,
- nonconformity,
- noncooperation,
- nonobservance,
- nonuniformity,
- noxiousness,
- objectionability,
- objectionableness,
- obnoxiousness,
- obscenity,
- obstinacy,
- odds,
- odiousness,
- offensiveness,
- opposing,
- opposition,
- opposure,
- oppugnance,
- oppugnancy,
- originality,
- otherness,
- overbalance,
- perverseness,
- polar opposition,
- polarity,
- polarization,
- posing against,
- propinquity,
- protest,
- proximity,
- putridity,
- putridness,
- rapport,
- reaction,
- rebarbativeness,
- recalcitrance,
- recoil,
- recusance,
- recusancy,
- refractoriness,
- relatedness,
- relation,
- relations,
- relationship,
- renitency,
- repellence,
- repellency,
- repercussion,
- repugnance,
- repulsiveness,
- resistance,
- revolt,
- rivalry,
- rottenness,
- separateness,
- shortcoming,
- similarity,
- swimming upstream,
- sympathy,
- tie,
- tie-in,
- unbalance,
- unconformity,
- uncooperativeness,
- unevenness,
- unfair discrimination,
- union,
- unlikeness,
- unorthodoxy,
- unspeakableness,
- variance,
- variation,
- variegation,
- variety,
- vileness,
- vying