contrariantとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

contrariant (comparative more contrariant, superlative most contrariant)

1. Contrary or antagonistic.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:opposite

   • 1795, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, address delivered in Bristol:

     the struggles of contrariant factions

   • 1903 January 14, “Current Notes”, in Bye-Gones: Relating to Wales and the Border Counties, volume 8, page 8:

     The learned Chancellor concludes:—“We have long ago satisfied ourselves that natural science, as represented by Darwin, is not contrariant to revealed religon, and it is a wholesome thing to be remnided that every good and perfect gift cometh from the Father of Light.”

派生語

名詞

contrariant (plural contrariants)

1. (rare) A thing that is contrary or of opposite qualities.

Further reading

• “contrariant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.