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Definition of contrariness noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

contrariness

noun

/kənˈtreərinəs/

/kənˈtrerinəs/

[uncountable] (formal, disapproving)

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the quality in children of behaving badly or of choosing to do or say the opposite of what is expected

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