noun
- things that are opposite or completely different from each other
Usage: plural form of contrary
Examples
- Hot and cold are contraries that cannot exist in the same place at once.
- The philosopher argued that good and evil are fundamental contraries.
- In logic, contraries are propositions that cannot both be true.
- The artist explored the contraries of light and darkness in her paintings.
- Peace and war represent contraries in human experience.
- The debate centered on the contraries of freedom and security.