† counterdistinctionn.
Obsolete.
= contradistinction n.
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contradistinction1655
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Contradistintione, a counterdistinction.
1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme i. iii. 7 I say fully and absolutely perfect, in counterdistinction to such perfection as is not full and absolute.
1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel vi. 227 By Many we do not understand a certain number in counter~distinction to All.
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