contrariety C2 Topic:Abstract Ideas UK /kɒntɹəˈɹʌɪəti/ See IPA manual Freq #648961 Meanings 1 noun Opposition or contrariness; cross-purposes, marked contrast. What differences of sense and reason, what contrarietie of imaginations doth the diversitie of our passions present unto us? 2 noun the relation between contraries Etymology Borrowed from Middle French contrariété, from Late Latin contrarietas, from contrarius, from Latin contra (“against”). By surface analysis, contrary + -ety. Topics Abstract Ideas Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # contrariety **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (UK):** /kɒntɹəˈɹʌɪəti/ **Frequency rank:** 648961 ## Meanings 1. Opposition or contrariness; cross-purposes, marked contrast. 2. the relation between contraries ## Examples - What differences of sense and reason, what contrarietie of imaginations doth the diversitie of our passions present unto us? ## Etymology Borrowed from Middle French contrariété, from Late Latin contrarietas, from contrarius, from Latin contra (“against”). By surface analysis, contrary + -ety. ## Topics - Abstract Ideas - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown