contradistinctive

English edit

Etymology edit

contra- +‎ distinctive.

Adjective edit

contradistinctive (comparative more contradistinctive, superlative most contradistinctive)

Distinguishing by contrast
Having the quality of contradistinction

Synonyms edit

contradistinctiveness

Derived terms edit

See also edit

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)