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KAWN-truh-dis-tink-shuhn
noun
distinguishing something by contrasting it with something else
1911The Devil's DictionaryPANTHEISM, n. The doctrine that everything is God, in contradistinction to the doctrine that God is everything.1937The Road to Wigan PierIn order to symbolize the class war, there has been set up the more or less mythical figure of a 'proletarian', a muscular but downtrodden man in greasy overalls, in contradistinction to a 'capitalist', a fat, wicked man in a top hat and fur coat.1991The Road to Omaha...my title is 'general' in contradistinction to the civilian 'mister,'…Labels: Ambrose Bierce, George Orwell, Robert Ludlum
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