"contrariety" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /kɒntɹəˈɹʌɪəti/ [UK] Forms: contrarieties [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French contrariété, from Late Latin contrarietas, from contrarius, from Latin contra (“against”). By surface analysis, contrary + -ety. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|frm|contrariété}} Borrowed from Middle French contrariété, {{der|en|LL.|contrarietas}} Late Latin contrarietas, {{der|en|la|contra|t=against}} Latin contra (“against”), {{surf|en|contrary|-ety}} By surface analysis, contrary + -ety Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} contrariety (countable and uncountable, plural contrarieties)
  1. Opposition or contrariness; cross-purposes, marked contrast. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: contrarietie [obsolete] Derived forms: subcontrariety Translations (Translations): वैपरीत्य (vaiprītya) (Hindi)

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