Associations to the word «Contradistinction»

Wiktionary

CONTRADISTINCTION, noun. The quality of being contradistinctive.
CONTRADISTINCTION, noun. Distinction by contrast; the displaying of something, A, to show what B is not.

Dictionary definition

CONTRADISTINCTION, noun. A distinction drawn on the basis of contrast; "sculpture in contradistinction to painting".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne