Antonyms for contradistinction
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kon-truh-di-stingk-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌkɒn trə dɪˈstɪŋk ʃən |
Definition of contradistinction
Origin :- 1640s, from contra- + distinction.
- noun opposition
- The doctrine that everything is God, in contradistinction to the doctrine that God is everything.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- Osiris is the god of good, in contradistinction to Set, the god of evil.
- Extract from : « Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight » by Mathew Joseph Holt
- Fresh-water lakes, in contradistinction to rivers or narrow waters.
- Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
- Those which lie up rivers; a term in contradistinction to out-ports.
- Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
- One with double faces; top-mauls in contradistinction to pin-mauls.
- Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
- The receding or running out of the sea, in contradistinction to flood.
- Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
- Also, hollow or curved leeches of sails, in contradistinction to straight.
- Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
- That which is wholly managed at home, and the term is in contradistinction to commerce.
- Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
- That which has not been tarred, in contradistinction to tarred line.
- Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
- In contradistinction to those who are "near the kirk but far frae grace."
- Extract from : « The Proverbs of Scotland » by Alexander Hislop
Synonyms for contradistinction
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