Usually means: Differentiate by highlighting opposing qualities.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word contradistinguish:

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  1. contradistinguish: Merriam-Webster
  2. contradistinguish: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. contradistinguish: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. contradistinguish: Collins English Dictionary
  5. contradistinguish: Vocabulary.com
  6. contradistinguish: Wordnik
  7. contradistinguish: Wiktionary
  8. contradistinguish: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. contradistinguish: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Contradistinguish, contradistinguish: Dictionary.com
  11. Contradistinguish: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. contradistinguish: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. contradistinguish: Rhymezone
  14. Contradistinguish: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. contradistinguish: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. contradistinguish: FreeDictionary.org
  17. contradistinguish: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  18. contradistinguish: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. contradistinguish: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (contradistinguish)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To distinguish things by contrasting their different qualities.

Similar:
interdistinguish, distinguish, difference, counterdistinguish, discern, distinct, discriminate, tell apart, differentiate, subdistinguish, more...

Opposite:
compare, liken, equate

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Similar:
interdistinguish, distinguish, difference, counterdistinguish, discern, distinct, discriminate, tell apart, differentiate, subdistinguish, more...

Opposite:
compare, liken, equate



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