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contradistinction
[ kon-truh-di-stingk-shuhn ]
noun
- distinction by opposition or contrast:
plants and animals in contradistinction to humans.
contradistinction
/ ËŒ°ìÉ’²Ô³Ù°ùÉ™»åɪˈ²õ³Ùɪŋ°ìʃə²Ô /
noun
- a distinction made by contrasting different qualities
Derived Forms
- ËŒ³¦´Ç²Ô³Ù°ù²¹»å¾±²õˈ³Ù¾±²Ô³¦³Ù¾±±¹±ð, adjective
- ËŒ³¦´Ç²Ô³Ù°ù²¹»å¾±²õˈ³Ù¾±²Ô³¦³Ù¾±±¹±ðly, adverb
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³¦´Ç²Ôt°ù²¹Â·»å¾±²õ·³Ù¾±²Ô³¦î€ƒt¾±±¹±ð adjective
- ³¦´Ç²Ôt°ù²¹Â·»å¾±²õ·³Ù¾±²Ô³¦î€ƒt¾±±¹±ð·ly adverb
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of contradistinction1
Example Sentences
That’s why, in total contradistinction to the facts, most people thought and continue to think that the economy was much better under Trump than under Obama and Biden-Harris.
I don't think my parents grew into who they were in contradistinction to each other - she quiet because he noisy and vice versa.
And that is what they are—in contradistinction to a monarch’s glorious orange and black.
In contradistinction to the endearing at-home photos of their kids, McGraw and Hill featured, in video, images that looked like outtakes from a perfume ad.
Greenblatt writes that the Genesis narratives of the Creation and Flood were written in contradistinction to the Babylonian narratives they resemble, to assert and preserve Hebrew religious culture.
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