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counterdistinctive

counterdistinctive adjective: contradistinctive.

Adjective

counterdistinctive (not comparable)

  1. contradistinctive

Origin of counterdistinctive

From counter- + distinctive.

Questions about counterdistinctive

What does counterdistinctive mean?
Counterdistinctive means contradistinctive.
What part of speech is counterdistinctive?
Counterdistinctive is an adjective.

Words near counterdistinctive in the dictionary

  1. counterdisputations
  2. counterdispute
  3. counterdisputes
  4. counterdistinction
  5. counterdistinctions
  6. counterdistinctive
  7. counterdistinguish
  8. counterdistinguished
  9. counterdistinguishes
  10. counterdistinguishing
  11. counterdistortion

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