Definition of Contradistinction. Meaning of Contradistinction. Synonyms of Contradistinction

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Definition of Contradistinction

Contradistinction
Contradistinction Con`tra*dis*tinc"tion, n. Distinction by contrast. That there are such things as sins of infirmity in contradistinction to those of presumption is not to be questioned. --South.

Meaning of Contradistinction from wikipedia

- "null and void" is a legal doublet. The term is frequently used in contradistinction to the term "voidable" and "unenforceable". Black's Law Dictionary...
- transcendence" that extends beyond being and intellection. Henology stands in contradistinction to several other philosophical disciplines. The term henology refers...
- be revenged on his neighbor, has materially injured himself." In contradistinction to the above, Saint Ebbe, Abbess of Coldingham Priory in south-east...
- surface is slightly constricted and is termed the anatomical neck, in contradistinction to a constriction below the tubercles called the surgical neck which...
- members of the ethnic group of the Avesta-reciters themselves, in contradistinction to the anairiia-, the "non-Aryas". The word also appears four times...
- that a departed (dead) person undergoes immediately after death, in contradistinction to the general judgment (or Last Judgment) of all people at the end...
- scale. In machine-shop usage, the term "caliper" is often used in contradistinction to micrometer, even though outside micrometers are technically a form...
- non-infectious causes (e.g. pancreatitis). Most commonly, it is used in contradistinction to a "walled-off" pus-filled collection (abscess), although a phlegmon...
- terms that refer only to non-human legal entities, specifically in contradistinction to "natural person". Artificial personality, juridical personality...
- offspring, or more generally between ancestors and descendants. In contradistinction to phylogeny it applies to individual organisms as opposed to species...