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contradistinction(dictionary)

contradistinction (iou)



contradistinction noun. M17.
[from CONTRA- + DISTINCTION. Cf. earlier COUNTERDISTINCTION.]
The action of contradistinguishing; distinction by contrast or opposition.
H. A. L. Fisher A country which..must, in contradistinction to the prevailing misery of the continent, have presented a spectacle of rare..prosperity.