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Jul. 01, 2015

contradistinction \kon-truh-di-STINGK-shuhn\ noun 1. distinction by opposition or contrast: plants and animals in contradistinction to humans. Quotes Later on, I spent almost ten years in various towns in the Federal Republic, which struck me as brighter and more spacious than my native country; and in Germany, in contradistinction to Austria, where, so it seemed to me, hardly anyone spoke my language, I was sometimes able to express an opinion with passion… -- Peter Handke, translated by Ralph Manheim, Slow Homecoming, 1985 Origin Contradistinction arose in the 1600s as a combination of contra-, meaning "in contrast," and distinction, meaning "a marking as different."

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