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English
Etymology
From 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