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CONTRADISTINCTION

\kˌɒntɹədɪstˈɪŋkʃən], \kˌɒntɹədɪstˈɪŋkʃən], \k_ˌɒ_n_t_ɹ_ə_d_ɪ_s_t_ˈɪ_ŋ_k_ʃ_ə_n]\

Definitions of CONTRADISTINCTION

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2011 - English Dictionary Database
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language

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a distinction drawn on the basis of contrast; "sculpture in contradistinction to painting"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

a distinction drawn on the basis of contrast; "sculpture in contradistinction to painting"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Contradistinctive.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Distinction by contrary qualities or by contrast.
Contradistinguish.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

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