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English
Etymology
From distinguish + -ment.
Pronunciation
Noun
distinguishment (countable and uncountable, plural distinguishments)
- A distinction; observation of difference.
1865, John Grote, Exploratio philosophica: rough notes on modern intellectual science, Part 1, University of Cambridge, page 50:"We notice what we notice and make it a thing distinguishing it from what else is within our view, partly because, doubtless, it is of such or such a size and shape: but we require more impulse to the notice and distinguishment than this furnishes."
1833, Samuel Lewis Southard, Joseph Hendrickson, Thomas L. Shotwell, Edward Hopper, Argument of Samuel L. Southard: in the case of Stacy Decow and Joseph Hendrickson versus Thomas L. Shotwell, page 157:"And first, in your doctrines of God, whom you say is to be known and believed on, as in the distinguishment of three persons...
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References
“distinguishment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.