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contradistinctive

contradistinctive adjective: contrasting, opposing, different.

Adjective

contradistinctive (comparative more contradistinctive, superlative most contradistinctive)

  1. contrasting, opposing, different

Forms of contradistinctive

comparativemore contradistinctive
superlativemost contradistinctive

Origin of contradistinctive

From contra- + distinctive.

Words formed from contradistinctive

Questions about contradistinctive

What does contradistinctive mean?
Contradistinctive means contrasting, opposing, different.
What part of speech is contradistinctive?
Contradistinctive is an adjective.

Words near contradistinctive in the dictionary

  1. contradistinct
  2. contradistinction
  3. contradistinctional
  4. contradistinctionally
  5. contradistinctions
  6. contradistinctive
  7. contradistinctively
  8. contradistinctiveness
  9. contradistinctly
  10. contradistinguish
  11. contradistinguished

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