Usage examples for contrariety:

• I begin; for she has always been severe upon our bluff old man, and it is not the spirit of contrariety alone which makes me invariably take his part. "Dead Men Tell No Tales" – E. W. Hornung

• At the shack, Dallas, too, was pondering- over a strange contrariety Their home was in danger, perhaps their very lives. "The Plow-Woman" – Eleanor Gates

• John was in a fit of contrariety "A Tale of a Lonely Parish" – F. Marion Crawford