different between contradistinctive vs contradistinction
contradistinctive
English
Etymology
contra- +? distinctive.
Adjective
contradistinctive (comparative more contradistinctive, superlative most contradistinctive)
- Distinguishing by contrast
- Having the quality of contradistinction
Synonyms
- contradistinctiveness
Derived terms
- contradistinctively
See also
- distinctive
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contradistinction
English
Etymology
contra- +? distinction
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?k?nt??d??st??k?n?/
- Hyphenation: con?tra?dis?tinc?tion
Noun
contradistinction (plural contradistinctions)
- Distinction by contrast; the provision of one example against which another example may be defined.
- 1911, Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
- Pantheism n
- The doctrine that everything is God, in contradistinction to the doctrine that God is everything.
- Pantheism n
- 1944, Clifford W. Ashley, The Ashley Book of Knots, page 220:
- Captain John Smith gives the name Reef Knot in 1627. Dana gives the name Square Knot in 1841. Few sailors speak of Square Knot except in contradistinction to Granny Knot but it is the common shore name for the knot and is in good repute among sailors.
- 1911, Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
- The quality of being contradistinctive.
Usage notes
- Found normally in the phrase in contradistinction to, contradistinction focuses on the contrasting attributes of two similar concepts and may be more emphatic than distinction.
Derived terms
- contradistinctive
- contradistinctively
Related terms
- contradistinguish
Translations
Further reading
- contradistinction in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- contradistinction in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- contradistinction at OneLook Dictionary Search
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