contradistinct

English

Etymology

From contra- +‎ distinct.

Adjective

contradistinct (comparative more contradistinct, superlative most contradistinct)

  1. Distinguished by opposite qualities.
    • a. 1680, Thomas Goodwin, Discourse of Election:
      a man may be of the elect to - day , and at their death reprobate ; for these two , as contradistinct sayings , remain such to eternity
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