oppositeness

English

Etymology

From opposite +‎ -ness.

Noun

oppositeness (countable and uncountable, plural oppositenesses)

1. The state or condition of being opposite.
   • 2009, Emily St. John Mandel, Last Night in Montreal, Picador (2015), page 79:

     The sounds brought her back to his house in the desert […] and she closed her eyes against the sheer oppositeness of the cold bright city.