contradistinction

Noun

Meaning

Distinction by contrast.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

gulf change difference contrast conflict resistance opposition opposite variation distinction comparison diversity contrary variance disagreement

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Antonyms

example same idea love accuracy equality

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Hypernyms

distinction differentiation

Related terms

contradistinguish

Phrases with the word

in contradistinction

Examples

How much longer are we going to think it necessary to be ''American'' before (or in contradistinction to) being cultivated, being enlightened, being humane, and having the same intellectual discipline as other civilized countries. Edith Wharton

The sophist, in contradistinction to the philosopher, is not set in motion and kept in motion by the sting of the awareness of the fundamental difference between conviction or belief and genuine insight. Leo Strauss

The Bishop and Knight, in contradistinction to the Queen and Rook, are called Minor Pieces. Howard Staunton

The trial by jury is a trial by 'the country,' in contradistinction to a trial by the government. The jurors are drawn by lot from the mass of the people, for the very purpose of having all classes of minds and feelings, that prevail among the people at large, represented in the jury. Lysander Spooner

PANTHEISM, n. The doctrine that everything is God, in contradistinction to the doctrine that God is everything. Ambrose Bierce

sculpture in contradistinction to painting Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

contradictory view contradirectional contradistinct contradistinctional contradistinctionally contradistinctive