[1640–50; contra-1 + distinction]This word is first recorded in the period 1640–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: differential, elevator, liaison, sludge, submarine
Examples of 'contradistinction' in a sentence
contradistinction
There is another irony here, which involves a kind of contradistinction between present and posthumous fame.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
Play at this age also tends to solidify a cultural group identity, an 'us' in contradistinction to a 'them'.
The Times Literary Supplement (2010)
By defining faith in contradistinction to reason, it is rendered somewhat absurd in the process.