What does contradistinguish mean?
Definitions for contradistinguish
ˌkɒn trə dɪˈstɪŋ gwɪʃcon·tradis·tin·guish
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Princeton's WordNet
contradistinguishverb
distinguish by contrasting qualities
Wiktionary
contradistinguishverb
To distinguish things by contrasting their different qualities.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To CONTRADISTINGUISHverb
To distinguish not simply by differential but by opposite qualities.
Etymology: from contra and distinguish.
The primary ideas we have peculiar to body, as contradistinguished to spirit, are the cohesion of solid, and consequently separable parts, and a power of communicating motion by impulse. John Locke.
These are our complex ideas of soul and body, as contradistinguished. John Locke.
Webster Dictionary
Contradistinguish
to distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of contradistinguish in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of contradistinguish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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