All contrariness synonyms

noun contrariness

• polarity — Physics. the property or characteristic that produces unequal physical effects at different points in a body or system, as a magnet or storage battery. the positive or negative state in which a body reacts to a magnetic, electric, or other field.
• contradistinction — a distinction made by contrasting different qualities
• antithesis — The antithesis of something is its exact opposite.
• contradiction — If you describe an aspect of a situation as a contradiction, you mean that it is completely different from other aspects, and so makes the situation confused or difficult to understand.
• contrariety — opposition between one thing and another; disagreement
• contrast — A contrast is a great difference between two or more things which is clear when you compare them.
• opposite — situated, placed, or lying face to face with something else or each other, or in corresponding positions with relation to an intervening line, space, or thing: opposite ends of a room.
• contraposition — the act of placing opposite or against, esp in contrast or antithesis
• disobedience — lack of obedience or refusal to comply; disregard or transgression.
• uncooperativeness — working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
• perversity — the state or quality of being perverse.
• rebelliousness — defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.
• willfulness — deliberate, voluntary, or intentional: The coroner ruled the death willful murder.
• defiance — Defiance is behaviour or an attitude which shows that you are not willing to obey someone.
• stubbornness — unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving: a stubborn child.
• obstinacy — the quality or state of being obstinate; stubbornness.
• opposition — the action of opposing, resisting, or combating.