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contradistinguish

verb

Etymology

From contra- + distinguish.

  1. derived from distinguo
  2. derived from distinguer
  3. inherited from distingwen
  4. prefixed as contradistinguish — “contra + distinguish”

Definitions

  1. To distinguish things by contrasting their different qualities.

    • A genuinely educative experience, then, one in which instruction is conveyed and ability increased, is contradistinguished from a routine activity on one hand, and a capricious activity on the other.

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