• a b
  • Log In
  • Home
  • Vocabulary
  • Writing
  • Mobile apps
  • Help
  • ©2017 EdictFree.
    All Rights Reserved.
Vocabulary
  • Topic
Help
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy policy
Mobile apps
  • Android
  • Ios
Bright
  • Home
  • Vocabulary
    • Topic
  • Writing

Free Online Dictionary

The home of living English, with more than 820,000 words, meanings and phrases
All Properties select
District 1 District 2 District 7 More

Longman Dictionary English

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcontradistinctioncon‧tra‧dis‧tinc‧tion /ˌkɒntrədɪˈstɪŋkʃən $ ˌkɑːn-/ noun [countable] → in contradistinction to something
Examples from the Corpus
contradistinction• Hence it is called ideographic. in contradistinction from the phonographic or alphabetical system of writing.• Postmodern psychotherapy, in contradistinction, could no longer speak in terms of such differentiation.• Multiple rather than single ulcers are the rule, in contradistinction to syphilis.• Constitutionalism, therefore, is to be set in contradistinction to arbitrary power.• Remember that the hands both face the same way in contradistinction to the piano.• In contradistinction to concentrating ability, diluting ability is fairly well-preserved in renal failure.
ldoceonline.com
Word of day

May 11, 2025

candle
noun ˈkændl
Ad
Mobile apps

Browse our dictionary apps today and ensure you are never again lost for words.

Follow
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
Find Out More
  • Contact us
  • Privacy policy
Copyright EdictFree.Com All Rights Reserved.
Design by EdictFree
Copyright EdictFree.Com All Rights Reserved.
Design by EdictFree