contrariety
Meanings
noun
- Opposition or contrariness; cross-purposes, marked contrast.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French contrariété, from Late Latin contrarietas, from contrarius, from Latin contra (“against”). By surface analysis, contrary + -ety.
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