esprit de contradiction

Il peut paraître étrange qu’en dépit de la continuelle anxiété que me causait la rivalité de Wilson et son insupportable esprit de contradiction, je ne fusse pas porté à le haïr absolument.
It may seem strange that in spite of the continual anxiety occasioned me by the rivalry of Wilson, and his intolerable spirit of contradiction, I could not bring myself to hate him altogether.
De fait, on peut soutenir, par esprit de contradiction, que dans un monde où les taux de change faussent les courants commerciaux et l'allocation des ressources au niveau mondial, les droits de douane et les subventions peuvent jouer un rôle correcteur.
Indeed, it can be argued, perversely, that in a world where exchange rates distort trade flows and global resource allocation, tariffs and subsidies may assume corrective roles.
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