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contradistinguish
CIDE DICTIONARY
contradistinguish, v. t.
To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities. [1913 Webster]
"These are our complex ideas of soul and body, as contradistinguished." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
contradistinguish, v.tr. (usu. foll. by from) distinguish two things by contrasting them.
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