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Definition of Contrariety
1. Noun. The relation between contraries.
Definition of Contrariety
1. n. The state or quality of being contrary; opposition; repugnance; disagreement; antagonism.
Definition of Contrariety
1. Noun. Opposition or contrariness; cross-purposes, marked contrast. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Contrariety
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Contrariety
Literary usage of Contrariety
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Aquinas Ethicus: Or, The Moral Teaching of St. Thomas. A Translation of the by Thomas, Joseph Rickaby (1896)
"7s the contrariety of passions in the- irascible faculty founded upon the ... R.
Passion is a kind of motion : hence we must take the contrariety of ..."
2. The Works of Joseph Bellamy by Joseph Bellamy, Tryon Edwards (1850)
"What contrariety is there between the carnal mind and God's true and real character ?
Ans. Without entering largely into this question, on which a volume ..."
3. The Works of Joseph Bellamy, D.D., First Pastor of the Church in Bethlem, Conn. by Joseph Bellamy, Tryon Edwards (1853)
"What contrariety is there between the carnal mind and God's true and real character ?
Ans. Without entering largely into this question, on which a volume ..."
4. Hegel's Logic: A Book on the Genesis of the Categories of the Mind : a by William Torrey Harris (1896)
"Those are the three steps of the category of distinction : abstract
difference (indifferent difference), contrariety, and contradiction. ..."
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