contrariety

noun

ˌkän-trə-ˈrī-ə-tē How to pronounce contrariety (audio)
Definition of contrarietynext
as in opposition
the quality or state of being as different as possible the inescapable contrariety of her chief interests: food and a desire for supermodel svelteness

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  1. opposition
  2. polarity
Noun
  • Historically, the ruling party in Nigeria's presidential elections usually has a higher chance of winning when the race features more than one prominent opposition candidate.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Construction began last year, despite opposition from Norco city leaders, which saw their appeal to the utilities commission denied.
    — Joy Benedict, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of opposition
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  • At about 230 kelvin, or minus 45 degrees Fahrenheit, the researchers found that strain could change the polarity of this Hall signal.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The weaponization of frontier AI flips that polarity, reducing the mean time to discovery of infrastructure vulnerabilities and the potential of accelerating data exfiltration from weeks and days to hours and minutes.
    — Will Townsend, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of polarity
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“Contrariety.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contrariety. Accessed 21 Aug. 2026.

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