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contradistinction

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con·tra·dis·tinc·tion  (kntr-d-stngkshn)
n.
Distinction by contrasting or opposing qualities.
contra·dis·tinctive adj.
contra·dis·tinctive·ly adv.
contradistinction [ˌkɒntrədɪˈstɪŋkʃən]
n
a distinction made by contrasting different qualities
contradistinctive  adj
contradistinctively  adv
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Noun1.contradistinction - a distinction drawn on the basis of contrast; "sculpture in contradistinction to painting"
differentiation, distinction - a discrimination between things as different and distinct; "it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation"
Translations
contradistinction [ˌkɒntrədɪsˈtɪŋkʃən] N in contradistinction to → a diferencia de
contradistinction
n (form) in contradistinction to → im Gegensatz or Unterschied zu


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Just as he liked and praised a country life in comparison with the life he did not like, so too he liked the peasantry in contradistinction to the class of men he did not like, and so too he knew the peasantry as something distinct from and opposed to men generally.
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