"contradistinction" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌkɒntɹədɪˈstɪŋkʃn̩/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-contradistinction.wav [Southern-England] Forms: contradistinctions [plural]
Etymology: contra- + distinction Etymology templates: {{affix|en|contra-|distinction}} contra- + distinction Head templates: {{en-noun}} contradistinction (plural contradistinctions)
  1. Distinction by contrast; the provision of one example against which another example may be defined. Translations (distinction by contrast): противопоставяне (protivopostavjane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), αντιδιαστολή (antidiastolí) [feminine] (Greek), til aðgreiningar frá (Icelandic), sem annars konar fyrirbæri en (Icelandic), kontradistinksjon [masculine] (Norwegian), motsats [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-contradistinction-en-noun-1wubgvY2 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with contra- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with contra-: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'distinction by contrast': 96 4
  2. The quality of being contradistinctive.
    Sense id: en-contradistinction-en-noun-b1nskOJY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with contra- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with contra-: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: contradistinctive, contradistinctively Related terms: contradistinguish

Inflected forms

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