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Noun: contradistinction  `kón-tru-di'stingk-shun
  1. A distinction drawn on the basis of contrast
    "sculpture in contradistinction to painting"

Derived forms: contradistinctions

See also: contradistinguish

Type of: differentiation, distinction

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