Contrariety (Noun)
Meaning
The relation between contraries.
Classification
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas.
Examples
- Her calm demeanor stood in contrariety to the turmoil that often brewed beneath the surface of her emotions.
- The novel captured the contrariety of love and hate as experienced by those caught in the midst of war.
- His speech highlighted the contrariety between individual freedom and the demands of a collective society.
- There was a contrariety in her actions as she proclaimed a desire for simplicity yet continually indulged in extravagance.
- The artist's latest piece sought to convey the contrariety between nature's beauty and human destruction.