Meaning of CONTRADISTINGUISH
| Pronunciation: | | `kântrudi'stinggwish
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| | Definition: | | [v] distinguish by contrasting qualities |
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| | See Also: | | differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart | |
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| | Definition: | | \Con`tra*dis*tin"guish\ (?; 144), v. t. [imp.
& p. p. {Contradistinguished}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Contradistinguishing}.]
To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities.
These are our complex ideas of soul and body, as
contradistinguished. --Locke.
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