contradistinctiveadj.n.
/ˌkɒntrədɪˈstɪŋktɪv/ A. adj.
a. Characterized by contradistinction; serving to contradistinguish.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [adjective] > contradistinguishing or contradistinct
contradistinct1623
contradistinguished1637
contradistinctive1641
counterdistinct1662
counterdistinguished1730
contradistinguishing1817
1641 Bp. J. Hall Short Answer Vindic. Smectymnuus Pref. 11 The name of Bishops hath been ordinarily appropriated (in a contradistinctive sense) to Church-governors in an apparent superiority.
1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 593 Contra-distinctive of the Protestant faith from ours.
1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 259 The main contra-distinctive character of Humanity.
b. Expressing or marking contradistinction. rare.
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1751 J. Harris Hermes i. v. 85 This Diversity between the Contradistinctive Pronouns, and the Enclitic, is not unknown even to the English Tongue.
B. n.
A contradistinctive word or form.
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1751 J. Harris Hermes i. v. 84 The Greeks too had in the first person ἐμοῦ, ἐμοί, ἐμέ for Contradistinctives, and μοῦ, μοὶ, μὲ for Enclitics.
Derivatives
contradistinctively adv.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [adverb] > contradistinctively
contradistinctively1845
1845 G. S. Faber Eight Diss. I. ii. iii. 132 The two are evidently mentioned contradistinctively.
1853 G. S. Faber Downfall Turkey (ed. 2) 110 The name of Jew..used contradistinctively to the name of Israelite.
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