Contranatural
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Opposed to or against nature; unnatural.
"For it is the perfection of every being to act according to the principle of its nature, and it is the nature of an arbitrarious principle to act or not, to do or undo, upon no account but its own will and pleasure; to be determined and tied up, either by itself, or from abroad, is violent and contra-natural."
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More examples"For it is the perfection of every being to act according to the principle of its nature, and it is the nature of an arbitrarious principle to act or not, to do or undo, upon no account but its own will and pleasure; to be determined and tied up, either by itself, or from abroad, is violent and contra-natural."
Etymology
From contra- + natural. Compare counternatural.
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