In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
OPPOSITENESS
opposition, oppositeness
(noun) the relation between opposed entities
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
oppositeness (countable and uncountable, plural oppositenesses)
The state or condition of being opposite.
Source: Wiktionary
Op"po*site*ness, n.
Definition: The quality or state of being opposite.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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STORY
(noun) a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; “he writes stories for the magazines”
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