English Explanatory Dictionary

contradistinguish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To distinguish things by contrasting their different qualities.

Word forms

contradistinguish contradistinguishes contradistinguishing contradistinguished

Etymology

From contra- + distinguish.

Related words

contradistinction contradistinctive contradistinctively
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