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contradistinction

noun

con·​tra·​dis·​tinc·​tion ˌkän-trə-di-ˈstiŋ(k)-shən How to pronounce contradistinction (audio)
: distinction by means of contrast
painting in contradistinction to sculpture
contradistinctive adjective
contradistinctively adverb

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The similarity between the family tree of trauma and that of humanity itself cannot be ignored: in both—and in contradistinction to those of other species as a rule—initial diversity is pruned away until only one exemplar remains. Will Self, Harper's Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021 This is in contradistinction to the comic book version, created by writer Peter Hogan and artist Steve Parkhouse. Tribune News Service, cleveland, 6 Feb. 2021 That is in contradistinction to Cambrian fossils, among which are found representatives of all the main animal groups (annelids, arthropods, brachiopods, chordates, cnidarians, echinoderms, molluscs and so on) that are around today. The Economist, 7 June 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1647, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of contradistinction was in 1647

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