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Con"tra*po*si"tion (?), n. [Pref. contra- + position: cf. f. conterposition.] 1. A placing over against; opposite position. [Obs.] F. Potter.

2. (Logic) A so-called immediate inference which consists in denying the original subject of the contradictory predicate; e.g.: Every S is P; therefore, no Not-P is S.

Con`tra*pun"tal (?), a. [It. contrappunto counterpoint. See Counterpoint.] (Mus.) Pertaining to, or according to the rules of, counterpoint.

Con`tra*pun"tist (?), n. [It. contrappuntista.] (Mus.) One skilled in counterpoint. L. Mason.

Con"tra*re*mon"strant (?), n. One who remonstrates in opposition or answer to a remonstrant. [R.]

They did the synod wrong to make this distinction of contraremonstrants and remonstrants. Hales.

Con*tra"ri*ant (?), a. [LL. contrarians, p. pr. of contrariare to oppose, fr. L. contrarius: cf. F. contrariant, p. pr. of contrarier to contradict. See Contrary.] Contrary; opposed; antagonistic; inconsistent; contradictory. [R.]

The struggles of contrariant factions. Coleridge.

Con*tra"ri*ant*ly, adv. Contrarily. [Obs.]

Con"tra*ries (? or &?;; 48), n. pl. [Pl. of Contrary, n.] (Logic) Propositions which directly and destructively contradict each other, but of which the falsehood of one does not establish the truth of the other.

If two universals differ in quality, they are contraries; as, every vine is a tree; no vine is a tree. These can never be both true together; but they may be both false. I. Watts.

Con`tra*ri"e*ty (?) n.; pl. Contrarieties (#). [L. contrarietas: cf. F. contrariÚtÚ.] 1. The state or quality of being contrary; opposition; repugnance; disagreement; antagonism.

There is a contrariety between those things that conscience inclines to, and those that entertain the senses. South.

2. Something which is contrary to, or inconsistent with, something else; an inconsistency.

How can these contrarieties agree? Shak.

Syn. -- Inconsistency; discrepancy; repugnance.

Con"tra*ri*ly (? or &?;), adv. In a contrary manner; in opposition; on the other side; in opposite ways.

Con"tra*ri*ness, n. state or quality of being contrary; opposition; inconsistency; contrariety; perverseness; obstinacy.

Con*tra"ri*ous (?), a. [LL. contrariosus: cf. OF. contrarios contralius.] Showing contrariety; repugnant; perverse. [Archaic] Milton.

She flew contrarious in the face of God. Mrs. Browning.

Con*tra"ri*ous*ly, adv. Contrarily; oppositely. Shak.

Con"tra*ri*wise (? or &?;), adv. 1. On the contrary; oppositely; on the other hand.

Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing; but contrariwise, blessing. 1 Pet. iii. 9.

2. In a contrary order; conversely.

Everything that acts upon the fluids must, at the same time, act upon the solids, and contrariwise. Arbuthnot.

Con`tra*ro*ta"tion (?), n. Circular motion in a direction contrary to some other circular motion.

Con"tra*ry (? or ?; 48), a. [OE. contrarie, contraire, F. contraire, fr. L. contrarius, fr. contra. See Contra-.] 1. Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse; as, contrary winds.

And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me. Lev. xxvi. 21.