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contradistinguish (iou)



contradistinguish verb trans. E17.
[from CONTRA- + DISTINGUISH verb. Cf. COUNTERDISTINGUISH.]
Distinguish (from or to another) by contrast or opposition.
T. Jefferson When the common law and statute law began to be contra-distinguished. Coleridge Doctrines..which contra-distinguish the religion as Christian. M. Arnold The development which contradistinguishes the Hellene from the barbarian.