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    [Noun]  | "con*tra*ri*ety" | \ ˌkän-trə-ˈrī-ə-tē \


    1: the quality or state of being contrary

    2: something contrary


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English contrariete, contrarite "antithesis, opposite," borrowed from Anglo-French contrarieté, contrarité, borrowed from Late Latin contrārietāt-, contrārietās, from Latin contrārius "opposite, opposed, {see: |contrary:2|contrary:2}" + -etāt-, -etās, variant of -itāt-, -itās {see: |-ity|-ity} before -i-;

    [Noun]  | "contrariety" 


    1: the quality or state of being as different as possible;


      * e.g., " ... the inescapable contrariety of her chief interests: food and a desire for supermodel svelteness "





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