Contradistinction

n.

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Distinction by contrast. That there are such things as sins of infirmity in contradistinction to those of presumption is not to be questioned. - South.

Noun

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contradistinction - a distinction drawn on the basis of contrast; "sculpture in contradistinction to painting"

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