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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONTRADISTINCTIVE

a.Distinguishing by opposites.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONTRADISTINCTIVE

CONTRADISTINCTIVE Con `tra *dis *tinc "tive, a.

 

Defn: having the quality of contradistinction; distinguishing by contrast. -- Con `tra *dis *tinc "tive, n.