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CONTRARIANT

Definition: CONTRARIANT

CONTRARIANT

Adjective

1. Contrary; opposed; antagonistic; inconsistent; contradictory.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Contrariant \Con*tra"ri*ant\, adjective. [from Late Latin expression contrarians, present participle of contrariare to oppose, from the Latin expression contrarius: compare to the French expression contrariant, present participle of contrarier to contradict. See Contrary.]. (Websters 1913)

"CONTRARIANT" is a common misspelling or typo for: constraint, contaminant, contrariety.


Synonyms within Context: CONTRARIANT

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Contrariety

Adjective: contrary, contrarious, contrariant; opposite, counter, dead against; converse, reverse; opposed, antithetical, contrasted, antipodean, antagonistic, opposing; conflicting, inconsistent, contradictory, at cross purposes; negative; hostile. differing toto coelo; diametrically opposite; diametrically opposed; as opposite as black and white, as opposite as light and darkness, as opposite as fire and water, as opposite as the poles; as different as night and day; " Hyperion to a satyr"; quite the contrary, quite the reverse;no such thing, just the other way, tout au contraire.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: CONTRARIANT

Non-English Usage: "CONTRARIANT" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (annoying, provoking, upsetting, vexatious, vexing).

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: CONTRARIANT

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

contrariant

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Rhyming with "CONTRARIANT"

Words rhyming with "CONTRARIANT" (pronounced 'Con*tra"ri*ant'): Aberrant, Abeyant, Abirritant, Abradant, Absonant, Abundant, Accomptant, Accordant, Accusant, Acquaintant, Adamant, Adhamant, Adjoinant, Adjutant, Administrant, Adragant, Adulterant, Adumbrant, Affiant, Affirmant, Agglutinant, Aidant, Albicant, Alicant, Aliquant, Allegiant, Alliant, Alternant, Altisonant, Altivolant, Amarant, Ambulant, Amplectant, Annuitant, Anticipant, Apophlegmatizant, Appealant, Applicant, Appreciant, Arcboutant, Arrant, Arrogant, Asonant, Aspectant, Assonant, Attenuant, Avant, Avowant, Battailant, Beauseant. (additional references)

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Anagrams: CONTRARIANT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-n-n-o-r-r-t-t"

-1 letter: contrarian.

-2 letters: carnation, narration, tarnation.

-3 letters: carrotin, natation, nitrator, raincoat, tartaric, traction.

-4 letters: actinon, annatto, anticar, arnatto, cantina, carotin, carrion, citator, contain, intrant, ocarina, ricotta, taction, tantric, tractor, traitor, tricorn.

-5 letters: acinar, action, anatto, anoint, antiar, aortic, arnica, aroint, arrant, atonic, attain, attorn, cannot, canton, cantor, carina, carrot, carton, cation, citron, contra, cortin, cottar, crania.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-n-n-o-r-r-t-t"
 

+3 letters: contractionary.

 

+4 letters: nonaristocratic, procrastinating, procrastination, transcriptional.

 

+5 letters: intercalibration, nonparticipatory, procrastinations, recentralization.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: CONTRARIANT


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 4F 4E 54 52 41 52 49 41 4E 54

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.-.    ---    -.    -    .-.    .-    .-.    ..    .-    -.    -

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01001111 01001110 01010100 01010010 01000001 01010010 01001001 01000001 01001110 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#79 &#78 &#84 &#82 &#65 &#82 &#73 &#65 &#78 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 004F 004E 0054 0052 0041 0052 0049 0041 004E 0054

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3749485452355243354854

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Rhymes
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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