Contrary may refer to:
- Contrary (logic) is the relationship between two propositions when they cannot both be true.
- Contrary motion, in music theory
- Contrary Magazine, a literary journal founded at the University of Chicago
- Contrary (social role), in certain Amerindian cultures
- Contrary (comics), a character from Malibu Comics' Ultraverse
- Little Miss Contrary, a Little Miss character
Famous quotes containing the word contrary:
“Extreme positions are not succeeded by moderate ones, but by contrary extreme positions.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)