"as opposed to" meaning in English

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Preposition

Audio: en-us-as-opposed-to.ogg [US]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} as opposed to, {{en-prep}} as opposed to
  1. in contrast to, rather than, instead of; particularly used in defining a concept by providing an example that does not fall inside the concept. Synonyms: as against Translations (in contrast to): فِي مُقَابِل (fī muqābil) (Arabic), عَلَى نَقْيِض (ʕalā naqyiḍ) (Arabic), بَدَلًا مِن (badalan min) (Arabic), على نقيض (ʕalaa naqyiḍ) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), في مقابل (fi muqabel) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), in tegenstelling tot (Dutch), toisin kuin (Finnish), par opposition à (French), განსხვავებით (gansxvavebit) (Georgian), im Gegensatz zu (German), im Unterschied zu (German), κατ' αντιδιαστολή προς (kat' antidiastolí pros) (Greek), σε αντιδιαστολή προς (se antidiastolí pros) (Greek), σε αντίθεση με (se antíthesi me) (Greek), szembeállítva (Hungarian), öfugt við (Icelandic), í ósamræmi við (Icelandic), seachas (Irish), murab ionann is (Irish), invece di (Italian), に対して (ni taishite) (Japanese), 에 비교하여 (e bigyohayeo) (Korean), 에 대하여 (e daehayeo) (Korean), 보다는 (bodaneun) (Korean), i motsetning til (Norwegian Bokmål), til forskjell fra (Norwegian Bokmål), w przeciwieństwie do (Polish), em vez de (Portuguese), în contrast cu (Romanian), por oposición a (Spanish), till skillnad från (Swedish)

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      "sense": "in contrast to",
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      "sense": "in contrast to",
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "gansxvavebit",
      "sense": "in contrast to",
      "word": "განსხვავებით"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in contrast to",
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      "sense": "in contrast to",
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      "sense": "in contrast to",
      "word": "κατ' αντιδιαστολή προς"
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      "roman": "se antidiastolí pros",
      "sense": "in contrast to",
      "word": "σε αντιδιαστολή προς"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "se antíthesi me",
      "sense": "in contrast to",
      "word": "σε αντίθεση με"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in contrast to",
      "word": "szembeállítva"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "in contrast to",
      "word": "öfugt við"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "in contrast to",
      "word": "í ósamræmi við"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "in contrast to",
      "word": "seachas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "in contrast to",
      "word": "murab ionann is"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in contrast to",
      "word": "invece di"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ni taishite",
      "sense": "in contrast to",
      "word": "に対して"
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "e bigyohayeo",
      "sense": "in contrast to",
      "word": "에 비교하여"
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      "roman": "e daehayeo",
      "sense": "in contrast to",
      "word": "에 대하여"
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      "sense": "in contrast to",
      "word": "에 대하여"
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      "sense": "in contrast to",
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      "sense": "in contrast to",
      "word": "til forskjell fra"
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      "sense": "in contrast to",
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in contrast to",
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "in contrast to",
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      "sense": "in contrast to",
      "word": "por oposición a"
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      "sense": "in contrast to",
      "word": "till skillnad från"
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