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Contradistinguishing

Contradistinguish \Con`tra*dis*tin"guish\ (?; 144), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contradistinguished; p. pr. & vb. n. Contradistinguishing.] To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities.

These are our complex ideas of soul and body, as contradistinguished.
--Locke.

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contradistinguishing

vb. (present participle of contradistinguish English)