What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Contradistinction - What does it mean?

contradistinction | |

contradistinction

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The quality of being contradistinctive.
  • Distinction by contrast; the displaying of something, A'', to show what ''B is not.
  • * 1911 :
    • Pantheism (n)
  • *:: The doctrine that everything is God, in contradistinction to the doctrine that God is everything.
    • We used hamburgers and soda in contradistinction to healthy food.

    Derived terms

    * contradistinctive * contradistinctively

    Related terms

    * contradistinguish

    External links

    * * *

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.