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contradistinct

contradistinct adjective: distinguished by opposite qualities.

Adjective

contradistinct (comparative more contradistinct, superlative most contradistinct)

  1. Distinguished by opposite qualities.
    • a man may be of the elect to - day , and at their death reprobate ; for these two , as contradistinct sayings , remain such to eternitya. 1680, Thomas Goodwin, Discourse of Election

Forms of contradistinct

comparativemore contradistinct
superlativemost contradistinct

Origin of contradistinct

From contra- + distinct.

Questions about contradistinct

What does contradistinct mean?
Contradistinct means distinguished by opposite qualities.
What part of speech is contradistinct?
Contradistinct is an adjective.

Words near contradistinct in the dictionary

  1. contradictory
  2. contradictory antonym
  3. contradictory antonyms
  4. contradicts
  5. contradirectional
  6. contradistinct
  7. contradistinction
  8. contradistinctional
  9. contradistinctionally
  10. contradistinctions
  11. contradistinctive

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