Contradistinction

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Distinction by contrasting or opposing qualities.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Distinction by contrast; the displaying of something, A, to show what B is not.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Distinction by contrast.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Distinction by opposite qualities; direct contrast: generally preceded by in and followed by to.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a distinction drawn on the basis of contrast
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    distinction    differentiation   
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    defilade    kickoff    proach    descend    demurrer   
     
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