"contradistinct" meaning in All languages combined

See contradistinct on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more contradistinct [comparative], most contradistinct [superlative]
Etymology: From contra- + distinct. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|contra|distinct}} contra- + distinct Head templates: {{en-adj}} contradistinct (comparative more contradistinct, superlative most contradistinct)
  1. Distinguished by opposite qualities. Related terms: contradistinction, contradistinctive, contradistinctively, contradistinctiveness, contradistinctly, contradistinguish
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