contradistinctive

adjective

con·​tra·​dis·​tinc·​tive ¦kän-trə-di-¦stiŋ(k)-tiv 

: having the quality of contradistinction : serving to contradistinguish

contradistinctively adverb

Word History

Etymology

contra- + distinctive

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Rhymes for contradistinctive

• distinctive
• instinctive