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contrariety

  • /kɒntɹəˈɹʌɪəti/ UK

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Borrowed from Middle French contrariété, from Late Latin contrarietas, from contrarius, from Latin contra (“against”). By surface analysis, contrary + -ety.

noun contrarieties · contrarietie

  1. countable, uncountable Opposition or contrariness; cross-purposes, marked contrast. What differences of sense and reason, what contrarietie of imaginations doth the diversitie of our passions present unto us?

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हिन्दीवैपरीत्य vaiprītya

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"contrariety." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/contrariety. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"contrariety." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/contrariety.

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@misc{contrariety_2026,
  title = {contrariety},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/contrariety},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}