contradistinct
English
Etymology
contra- + distinct
Adjective
contradistinct (comparative more contradistinct, superlative most contradistinct)
- 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
- a. 1680, Thomas Goodwin, Discourse of Election
Related terms
- contradistinction
- contradistinctive
- contradistinctively
- contradistinctiveness
- contradistinctly
- contradistinguish