contradistinguish
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of contradistinguish
First recorded in 1615–25; contra- 1 ( def. ) + distinguish
Example Sentences
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Absolute rights and duties are such as pertain to man in a state of nature as contradistinguished from relative rights and duties, or such as pertain to him in his social relations.
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If convenient to a market where mutton finds a prompt sale and good prices, then all the conditions are realized which calls for a mutton-producing, as contradistinguished from a wool-yielding, sheep.
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J. B. Say relies upon the principle that in the sale of products, as contradistinguished from gifts, inheritances, etc., payment can always be made only in other products.
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I have given rather greater emphasis than is customarily done in textbooks of this character to what may be called the dynamics of government, that is, its actual workings, as contradistinguished from organization.
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This rhetorical character, as contradistinguished from sober history, is indeed painfully apparent throughout.
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