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distinguishing
[ dih-sting-gwi-shing ]
adjective
- distinctive; characteristic, as a definitive feature of an individual or group:
Intricate rhyming is a distinguishing feature of her poetry.
Other Words From
- dis·tinguish·ing·ly adverb
- nondis·tinguish·ing adjective
- self-dis·tinguish·ing adjective
- undis·tinguish·ing adjective
- undis·tinguish·ing·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of distinguishing1
Example Sentences
The collective’s members are also committed to ensuring that their work is culturally relevant — which is a distinguishing factor of many mutual aid projects.
Everyone had to wait until the next spring, because an important distinguishing trait shows up in flowers.
She also commented on what might be her most distinguishing feature, her pierced nose.
Those who had seen objects multiple times better recalled the original objects but had a harder time distinguishing the lures.
Without commanding, distinguishing words from their mouths, the narrative can be wholly invented for Kate and Letizia.
“I have no respect for Ambassador Chizhov,” Saakashvili said, distinguishing himself from his Ukrainian colleague.
It is a distinguishing characteristic of the breed that religious fanatics have a particularly lurid sexual imagination.
A good many children seem to be like savages in distinguishing those to whom one is bound to speak the truth.
Some of his violins possess a distinguishing mark in a rather abrupt rise in the centre.
Gram's method (p. 40) is a very useful aid in distinguishing certain bacteria.
And respectable obscurity has ever been the distinguishing characteristic of Godalming.
This is the case with the modern Jews and many other people who have strongly-marked, peculiar, or distinguishing characteristics.
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