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contradistinction|ˌkɒntrədɪˈstɪŋkʃən|
[f. contra- 1 + distinction.]
The action of contradistinguishing: distinction by contrast or opposition.
1655Fuller Ch. Hist. vi. v. 334 Britain..is styled Another World, and in this contradistinction..acquits itself well in proportion of famous writers. 1836–7Sir W. Hamilton Metaph. xiii. (1870) 222 One of these errors is the contradistinction of perception from consciousness. 1842W. Grove Corr. Phys. Forces 76 The changes..have acquired..a generic contradistinction from other material changes.
b. esp. in phr. in contradistinction to (less usually from).
1647J. Saltmarsh Spark. Glory (1847) 173 Called Gospel-Ordinances..in contradistinction to the legal Ordinances. 1789Durnford & East Rep. III. 466 The necessity of an actual possession by the bankrupt, in contradistinction to a constructive possession by the intervention of an agent. 1874Helps Soc. Press. xxii. 342 You tend to produce a great capitalist in contradistinction to a number of small capitalists. 1882Farrar Early Chr. II. 484 There never was such a person as John the Presbyter in contradistinction from John the Apostle. The two were one. |