contrarietyn.

/kɒntrəˈrʌɪɪti/

Forms: Middle English contrariete, Middle English contrarite, contraryte, Middle English–1500s contraryete, Middle English–1600s contrarietie, 1500s contraryetye, 1500s–1600s contrarity, 1600s contraritie, 1500s– contrariety.

Etymology: < Old French contrarieté, -eteit, < late Latin contrārietātem , noun of quality < contrārius contrary adj., n., adv., and prep.; see -iety suffix.

a. Opposition of one thing to another in nature, quality, or action; diametrical difference, repugnancy, contrariness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [noun]

riot?c1225

contrariositya1340

contrarietyc1380

contrariness1398

contrariousness1398

repugnance?a1425

contrariancec1450

oppositiona1500

contraposition1581

countermatching1587

counterposition1594

antipathy1601

antistrophe1605

thwarting1609

contrariancya1617

antithesis1631

contrast1731

contrastiveness1949

c1380 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) II. 52 Distaunce of contrarite is betwene fleyshly pley and the ernestful dedis of Crist.

c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋1003 Þer ioye haþ no contrariete of wo.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 455 Tho lawis conteynen in hem contrarite to the comoun lawe of God.

1563 T. Hill Arte Gardening (1608) i. xiv. 37 The naturall contraritie of the ash and the snake or adder.

1651 T. Stanley Poems 101 The black and white here kindly do agree Graced by each others contrariety.

1739 J. Trapp Righteous Over-much 2 Its Contrariety to sound reason.

1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 23. ⁋11 A ship..dashed by the waves from every quarter, but held upright by the contrariety of the assailants.

1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe III. iii. 145 Contrariety is necessary for the decay and reproduction of nature.

1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt III. xliii. 152 With an odd contrariety to her former niceties she liked his rough attire.

b. An instance of such opposition; an antagonistic action or fact; plural contraries.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > instance or act of

contraryc1386

repugning1395

contrarietyc1449

aversion1651

the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [noun] > polarity > pole > extremes

contraryc1386

contrarietyc1449

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 242 In the..sterris..weren noon contrarietees suche as ben in the iiij. elementis bynethe.

1523 T. Wolsey Let. in R. Fiddes Life Wolsey (1724) Collect. 88 After long altercations and sundrie contrarietys.

1631 W. Saltonstall Picturæ Loquentes (1635) F viij b A Country Dame is a contrariety to finenesse, for she loves plainnesse.

1693 J. Ray Three Physico-theol. Disc. (ed. 2) iii. v. 342 If there were no such Contrarieties and Fights..among them.

1781 Defoe's Life & Adventures Robinson Crusoe I. 245/1 I had the particular pleasure, speaking by contrarieties [1719 Contraries], to see the ship set sail without me.

1852 B. Disraeli Ld. G. Bentinck 2 He had overcome many contrarieties and prejudices.

a. Opposition between things of the same class of parts of the same thing; disagreement, discordance, discrepancy, inconsistency.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [noun] > inconsistency or contradiction

repugnancec1443

contrariety1483

repugnancya1500

inconstance1529

contrariosity1540

inconstancy1565

contradictiona1571

disconformity1572

inconsistence1643

inconsistentness1647

inconsistibility1650

inconsistency1651

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun]

unsteadfastnessa1300

falsenessc1330

unstablenessc1380

varyingc1380

inconstancec1386

variance1390

geriness1412

instabilityc1422

changeability?a1425

mutabilitya1425

changec1425

changeableness1447

unconstancec1449

unstabilitya1470

mutableness1481

unsureness1481

instableness1483

variation1509

inconstancy1526

shittleness1530

fickleness1548

unconstancy1548

unconstantness1551

inconstantness?a1562

pliableness1562

fast and loose1575

volubility1603

levity1604

unconstability1611

flexibleness1623

vagrancy1642

self-inconsistency1655

inconsistency1665

flittingnessa1680

easiness1705

inconsistence1713

versatility1755

contrariety1762

vibration1785

changefulness1791

girouettism1825

pirouettism1839

weathercockism1843

pirouettiveness1844

volatileness1849

unfixity1856

ficklety1888

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 270/3 Seynt Theoderyck sayth that he was flayn and it is redde in many bookes that he was byheded only and this contraryete may be assoylled in this manere.

1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. H7 The contrariety that euer hath beene in all ages amongst the verie doctors and maisters themselues.

1644 J. Milton tr. M. Bucer Ivdgem. conc. Divorce 21 That in the words of our Saviour there can be no contrarietie.

1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World I. 51 Strange contrariety of conduct; they pity and they eat the objects of their compassion.

1877 J. C. Geikie Life & Words Christ II. xxxviii. 91 Where there is such contrariety of opinion.

b. An instance of this; a discrepancy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [noun] > the opposite of something

contraryc1386

reversec1405

the contraverse1480

nothing less?1520

contrariety1532

negative1532

oppositive1561

different1571

diameter1579

contrariwise1588

opposition1594

counterpoint1599

oppositea1616

other thing1628

antipodes1641

inverse1645

contra1648

contrast1754

converse1786

contrariant1848

antipole1856

obverse1862

antithetic1863

contradictory1874

antipathy-

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [noun] > instance of

inconvenientc1374

variament1491

contrariety1532

discord1533

incongruitya1610

1532 W. Thynne in Wks. Chaucer Ded. sig. Aij^v/2 The contrarietees..founde by collacion of the one [imprinte] with the other.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. iii. 59 He will be here, and yet he is not here: How can these contrarieties agree?

1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 30 The little contrarieties, which the practice of many centuries will necessarily create in any human system.

1854 C. Patmore Betrothal viii, in Angel in House I. 111 Above All other contrarieties Is labour contrary to love.

3. Opposition to one's purpose or advantage; unfavourable character; hence (with a and plural) an adversity, affliction, mishap, disadvantage.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck > instance of misfortune or ill-luck > an untoward occurrence

adversity1340

contrariositiesc1425

contrarietyc1430

inconveniencya1450

inconvenient?a1475

inconvenience1490

unconvenient?c1536

traverse1538

cross1573

crossbar1582

c1430 tr. Thomas à Kempis Imitation of Christ ii. iii Al our pes..is raþer to be sette in meke suffryng þan in not feling contrarieties.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xlvii And to this fyll an other contraryte to y^e Cristen.

1642 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici 38 The tempests and contrarieties of winds.

a1652 I. Jones Most Notable Antiq. called Stone-Heng (1655) 4 To shelter them from contrariety of seasons.

1847 Illustr. London News 28 Aug. 139/3 The season has been financially..triumphant, despite of many unfortunate contrarieties.

4. Opposite direction or position.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > opposite position > [noun]

opposition?a1425

counterview1590

contrariety1615

opposal1852

face-to-faceness1874

vis-à-visness1887

the world > space > direction > [noun] > opposite direction

contrariety1615

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 424 [It] is rather a contrariety of motion.

1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 45 Contrariety of Motions, which were requisite in the old Hypothesis.

5. Logic. Contrary opposition: see contrary adj. 6.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [noun] > opposite or contradictory proposition(s) > the opposition in

contrariety1553

subcontrariety1613

contradiction1794

contrary opposition1849

sublationa1856

contradictory opposition1887

1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 106 b Contrarietie is when our talke standeth by contrarie wordes or sentences together.

1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 88 Contrarietie is a difference according to the forme.

1788 T. Reid Aristotle's Logic i. §3 The opposition of terms are relative, privative, of contrariety and of contradiction.

a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) III. xvii. 331 A disjunctive syllogism with characters opposed in contrariety.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	contrariety
释义	contrarietyn. /kɒntrəˈrʌɪɪti/ Forms: Middle English contrariete, Middle English contrarite, contraryte, Middle English–1500s contraryete, Middle English–1600s contrarietie, 1500s contraryetye, 1500s–1600s contrarity, 1600s contraritie, 1500s– contrariety. Etymology: < Old French contrarieté, -eteit, < late Latin contrārietātem , noun of quality < contrārius contrary adj., n., adv., and prep.; see -iety suffix. 1. a. Opposition of one thing to another in nature, quality, or action; diametrical difference, repugnancy, contrariness. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [noun] riot?c1225 contrariositya1340 contrarietyc1380 contrariness1398 contrariousness1398 repugnance?a1425 contrariancec1450 oppositiona1500 contraposition1581 countermatching1587 counterposition1594 antipathy1601 antistrophe1605 thwarting1609 contrariancya1617 antithesis1631 contrast1731 contrastiveness1949 c1380 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) II. 52 Distaunce of contrarite is betwene fleyshly pley and the ernestful dedis of Crist. c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋1003 Þer ioye haþ no contrariete of wo. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 455 Tho lawis conteynen in hem contrarite to the comoun lawe of God. 1563 T. Hill Arte Gardening (1608) i. xiv. 37 The naturall contraritie of the ash and the snake or adder. 1651 T. Stanley Poems 101 The black and white here kindly do agree Graced by each others contrariety. 1739 J. Trapp Righteous Over-much 2 Its Contrariety to sound reason. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 23. ⁋11 A ship..dashed by the waves from every quarter, but held upright by the contrariety of the assailants. 1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe III. iii. 145 Contrariety is necessary for the decay and reproduction of nature. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt III. xliii. 152 With an odd contrariety to her former niceties she liked his rough attire. b. An instance of such opposition; an antagonistic action or fact; plural contraries. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > instance or act of contraryc1386 repugning1395 contrarietyc1449 aversion1651 the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [noun] > polarity > pole > extremes contraryc1386 contrarietyc1449 c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 242 In the..sterris..weren noon contrarietees suche as ben in the iiij. elementis bynethe. 1523 T. Wolsey Let. in R. Fiddes Life Wolsey (1724) Collect. 88 After long altercations and sundrie contrarietys. 1631 W. Saltonstall Picturæ Loquentes (1635) F viij b A Country Dame is a contrariety to finenesse, for she loves plainnesse. 1693 J. Ray Three Physico-theol. Disc. (ed. 2) iii. v. 342 If there were no such Contrarieties and Fights..among them. 1781 Defoe's Life & Adventures Robinson Crusoe I. 245/1 I had the particular pleasure, speaking by contrarieties [1719 Contraries], to see the ship set sail without me. 1852 B. Disraeli Ld. G. Bentinck 2 He had overcome many contrarieties and prejudices. 2. a. Opposition between things of the same class of parts of the same thing; disagreement, discordance, discrepancy, inconsistency. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [noun] > inconsistency or contradiction repugnancec1443 contrariety1483 repugnancya1500 inconstance1529 contrariosity1540 inconstancy1565 contradictiona1571 disconformity1572 inconsistence1643 inconsistentness1647 inconsistibility1650 inconsistency1651 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] unsteadfastnessa1300 falsenessc1330 unstablenessc1380 varyingc1380 inconstancec1386 variance1390 geriness1412 instabilityc1422 changeability?a1425 mutabilitya1425 changec1425 changeableness1447 unconstancec1449 unstabilitya1470 mutableness1481 unsureness1481 instableness1483 variation1509 inconstancy1526 shittleness1530 fickleness1548 unconstancy1548 unconstantness1551 inconstantness?a1562 pliableness1562 fast and loose1575 volubility1603 levity1604 unconstability1611 flexibleness1623 vagrancy1642 self-inconsistency1655 inconsistency1665 flittingnessa1680 easiness1705 inconsistence1713 versatility1755 contrariety1762 vibration1785 changefulness1791 girouettism1825 pirouettism1839 weathercockism1843 pirouettiveness1844 volatileness1849 unfixity1856 ficklety1888 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 270/3 Seynt Theoderyck sayth that he was flayn and it is redde in many bookes that he was byheded only and this contraryete may be assoylled in this manere. 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. H7 The contrariety that euer hath beene in all ages amongst the verie doctors and maisters themselues. 1644 J. Milton tr. M. Bucer Ivdgem. conc. Divorce 21 That in the words of our Saviour there can be no contrarietie. 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World I. 51 Strange contrariety of conduct; they pity and they eat the objects of their compassion. 1877 J. C. Geikie Life & Words Christ II. xxxviii. 91 Where there is such contrariety of opinion. b. An instance of this; a discrepancy. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [noun] > the opposite of something contraryc1386 reversec1405 the contraverse1480 nothing less?1520 contrariety1532 negative1532 oppositive1561 different1571 diameter1579 contrariwise1588 opposition1594 counterpoint1599 oppositea1616 other thing1628 antipodes1641 inverse1645 contra1648 contrast1754 converse1786 contrariant1848 antipole1856 obverse1862 antithetic1863 contradictory1874 antipathy- the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [noun] > instance of inconvenientc1374 variament1491 contrariety1532 discord1533 incongruitya1610 1532 W. Thynne in Wks. Chaucer Ded. sig. Aij^v/2 The contrarietees..founde by collacion of the one [imprinte] with the other. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. iii. 59 He will be here, and yet he is not here: How can these contrarieties agree? View more context for this quotation 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 30 The little contrarieties, which the practice of many centuries will necessarily create in any human system. 1854 C. Patmore Betrothal viii, in Angel in House I. 111 Above All other contrarieties Is labour contrary to love. 3. Opposition to one's purpose or advantage; unfavourable character; hence (with a and plural) an adversity, affliction, mishap, disadvantage. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck > instance of misfortune or ill-luck > an untoward occurrence adversity1340 contrariositiesc1425 contrarietyc1430 inconveniencya1450 inconvenient?a1475 inconvenience1490 unconvenient?c1536 traverse1538 cross1573 crossbar1582 c1430 tr. Thomas à Kempis Imitation of Christ ii. iii Al our pes..is raþer to be sette in meke suffryng þan in not feling contrarieties. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xlvii And to this fyll an other contraryte to y^e Cristen. 1642 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici 38 The tempests and contrarieties of winds. a1652 I. Jones Most Notable Antiq. called Stone-Heng (1655) 4 To shelter them from contrariety of seasons. 1847 Illustr. London News 28 Aug. 139/3 The season has been financially..triumphant, despite of many unfortunate contrarieties. 4. Opposite direction or position. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > opposite position > [noun] opposition?a1425 counterview1590 contrariety1615 opposal1852 face-to-faceness1874 vis-à-visness1887 the world > space > direction > [noun] > opposite direction contrariety1615 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 424 [It] is rather a contrariety of motion. 1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 45 Contrariety of Motions, which were requisite in the old Hypothesis. 5. Logic. Contrary opposition: see contrary adj. 6. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [noun] > opposite or contradictory proposition(s) > the opposition in contrariety1553 subcontrariety1613 contradiction1794 contrary opposition1849 sublationa1856 contradictory opposition1887 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 106 b Contrarietie is when our talke standeth by contrarie wordes or sentences together. 1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 88 Contrarietie is a difference according to the forme. 1788 T. Reid Aristotle's Logic i. §3 The opposition of terms are relative, privative, of contrariety and of contradiction. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) III. xvii. 331 A disjunctive syllogism with characters opposed in contrariety. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1380
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