contradistinction

UK /ˌkɒntɹədɪˈstɪŋkʃn̩/ US /ˌkɑntɹədɪˈstɪŋkʃən/

noun 2

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ADJ.

healthy

CONTRADISTINCTION + NOUN

doctrine, food, granny, knot

PREP.

except, in

Definitions

noun

Distinction by contrast; the provision of one example against which another example may be defined.

We used hamburgers and soda in contradistinction to healthy food.

The doctrine that everything is God, in contradistinction to the doctrine that God is everything.

The quality of being contradistinctive.

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We used hamburgers and soda in contradistinction to healthy food.

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The doctrine that everything is God, in contradistinction to the doctrine that God is everything.

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Captain John Smith gives the name Reef Knot in 1627. Dana gives the name Square Knot in 1841. Few sailors speak of Square Knot except in contradistinction to Granny Knot but it is the common shore nam

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