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CONTRADISTINCTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does contradistinction mean?
• CONTRADISTINCTION (noun)
The noun CONTRADISTINCTION has 1 sense:
1. a distinction drawn on the basis of contrast
Familiarity information: CONTRADISTINCTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A distinction drawn on the basis of contrast
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context example:
sculpture in contradistinction to painting
Hypernyms ("contradistinction" is a kind of...):
differentiation; distinction (a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes)
Derivation:
contradistinguish (distinguish by contrasting qualities)
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