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Definition of the day : « contradistinction »

  • noun opposition
Example sentences :
  • The doctrine that everything is God, in contradistinction to the doctrine that God is everything.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • Osiris is the god of good, in contradistinction to Set, the god of evil.
  • Extract from : « Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight » by Mathew Joseph Holt
  • Fresh-water lakes, in contradistinction to rivers or narrow waters.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • Those which lie up rivers; a term in contradistinction to out-ports.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • One with double faces; top-mauls in contradistinction to pin-mauls.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • The receding or running out of the sea, in contradistinction to flood.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • Also, hollow or curved leeches of sails, in contradistinction to straight.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • That which is wholly managed at home, and the term is in contradistinction to commerce.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • That which has not been tarred, in contradistinction to tarred line.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • In contradistinction to those who are "near the kirk but far frae grace."
  • Extract from : « The Proverbs of Scotland » by Alexander Hislop