Contradistinction

Definition: Contradistinction

Contradistinction

Noun

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

Date "contradistinction" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1690. (references)

Usage Frequency: Contradistinction

"Contradistinction" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Contradistinction" is used about 24 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	24	71,196

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Modern Translation: Contradistinction

Language		Translations for "contradistinction"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		teenstelling (antithesis, contrast, opposition). (various references)

Albanian		kundërvënie (confrontation, contraposition, contravention, reaction, traverse), dallim (difference, differentiation, discernment, discrimination, distinction, identification, relief). (various references)

Arabic		‏التمييز بالتضاد. (various references)

Bulgarian		разлика (contrast, difference, distance, distinction, excess, inconformity, margin, odds, variance, variation), контраст (antithesis, contraposition, contrast, counterpoint, foil, offset, set off), противопоставяне (confrontation, contrast, dichotomy, objection, opposition, resistance), противоположност (contrast, incongruity, inverse, obverse, opposite, opposition). (various references)

Czech		rozlišování (discrimination). (various references)

Danish		modsætning (antithesis, contrast, opposition). (various references)

Dutch		tegenstrýdigheid (antithesis, contrast, opposition), tegenstelling (antithesis, contrast, opposition). (various references)

Faeroese		mótstøða (antithesis, contrast, opposition). (various references)

French		distinction. (various references)

German		Gegensatz (antagonism, anticlimax, antithesis, complement, conflict, contrast, countersubject, difference, opposite, opposition). (various references)

Greek		αντιπαράθεση (clash, contest, juxtaposition, stand off), αντιδιαστολή (juxtaposition). (various references)

Hungarian		ellentét (antagonism, antitheses, antithesis, clash, contrary, contrast, disaccord, disagreement, foil, offset, reverse, set off, variance), antagonizmus (antagonism, antithesis, contrast, opposition). (various references)

Icelandic		mótsetning (antithesis, contrast, opposition). (various references)

Norwegian		motsetning (antithesis, contrast, opposition). (various references)

Pig Latin		ontradistinctioncay

Portuguese		contraste (chiaroscuro, contrast, foil, opposition), oposição (conflict, contradiction, contraposition, contrariety, counteraction, countercheck, objection, opposition, out, repugnance, resistance, resistor), distinção (discrimination, distinction, distinctiveness, gentility, prominence, prominency, renown, style), antagonismo (antithesis, conflict, contrariness, contrast, opposition). (various references)

Romanian		contrast (contraposition, contrast), opoziţie (antagonism, antithesis, caveat, conflict, contraposition, contrariety, dead set, hostility, opponency, opposite, opposition, resistance, stand), deosebire (chasm, difference, differentiation, discrimination, disparity, dissimilarity, distinction, otherness, separation). (various references)

Russian		противопоставление (contraposition). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		suprotstavljanje, razlikovanje (discernment, dissimilitude). (various references)

Spanish		contraste (contrary, contrast, hallmark, plate-mark), contraposición (contraposition). (various references)

Swedish		motsats (antithesis, contrariety, contrary, contrast, converse, counter, obverse, opposite, opposition, reverse). (various references)

Turkish		zıtlık (antagonism, antinomy, antipodes, antithesis, contrast, cross-purposes, opposition, repugnance), fark (cachet, difference, differentiation, disparity, distinction, distinctness, gap, odds, variation), aykırılık (anomaly, contradiction, contrariety, cross-purposes, discrepancy, incongruity, inconsistency, irregularity, repugnance, solecism). (various references)

Ukrainian		протиставлення (antiperistasis, antithesis), протилежність (inverse, opposite, oppositeness, opposition, reciprocal, reverse). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự trái ngược (contrariety), sự tương phản sự phân biệt, sự khác. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Rhyming with "Contradistinction"

Words rhyming with "contradistinction" (pronounced 'Con`tra*dis*tinc"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references)

Anagrams: Contradistinction

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-c-d-i-i-i-n-n-n-o-o-r-s-t-t-t"
	-2 letters: indoctrinations.
	-3 letters: contradictions, indoctrination.
	-4 letters: contradiction.
	-5 letters: accordionist, cardiotonics, constriction, contractions.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-c-d-i-i-i-n-n-n-o-o-r-s-t-t-t"
	+1 letter: contradistinctions.
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Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Difference	Noun: difference; variance, variation, variety; diversity, dissimilarity; disagreement; disparity; (inequality); distinction, contradistinction; alteration. modification, permutation, moods and tenses.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	PANTHEISM, n. The doctrine that everything is God, in contradistinction to the doctrine that God is everything.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "contradistinction": in contradistinction ♦ in contradistinction for ♦ in contradistinction to. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "contradistinction": contradistinctions. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Contradistinction

Definition: Contradistinction