单词 | contradistinction |
释义 | contradistinctionn. a. The action of contradistinguishing: distinction by contrast or opposition. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [noun] > contradistinction counterdistinction1611 contradistinction1655 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. vi. 334 Britain..is styled Another world, and in this contradistinction..acquits it self well in proportion of famous Writers. 1846 W. R. Grove On Correlation Physical Forces 37 The changes..have acquired..a generic contra-distinction from other material changes. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) I. xiii. 223 One of these errors is the contradistinction of perception from consciousness. b. esp. in in contradistinction to (less usually from). ΚΠ 1647 J. Saltmarsh Sparkles of Glory (1847) 173 Called Gospel-Ordinances..in contradistinction to the legal Ordinances. 1789 C. Durnford & E. H. East Rep. Cases King's Bench III. 466 The necessity of an actual possession by the bankrupt, in contradistinction to a constructive possession by the intervention of an agent. 1875 A. Helps Social Pressure xxii. 342 You tend to produce a great capitalist in contradistinction to a number of small capitalists. 1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity II. 484 There never was such a person as John the Presbyter in contradistinction from John the Apostle. The two were one. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1647 |
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