contradistinctive

English

Etymology

From contra- +‎ distinctive.

Adjective

contradistinctive (comparative more contradistinctive, superlative most contradistinctive)

1. Distinguishing by contrast
2. Having the quality of contradistinction

Synonyms

• contradistinctiveness

Derived terms

• contradistinctively
• contradistinguish

See also

• distinctive

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “contradistinctive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)