contradistinction

contra- +‎ distinction

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒntɹədɪˈstɪŋkʃn̩/
• Hyphenation: con‧tra‧dis‧tinc‧tion

contradistinction (plural contradistinctions)

1. Distinction by contrast; the provision of one example against which another example may be defined.
   • 1911: Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

     Pantheism n

     The doctrine that everything is God, in contradistinction to the doctrine that God is everything.

   We used hamburgers and soda in contradistinction to healthy food.

2. The quality of being contradistinctive.

• Found normally in the phrase in contradistinction to, contradistinction focuses on the contrasting attributes of two similar concepts and may be more emphatic than distinction.

• contradistinctive
• contradistinctively

• contradistinguish

• contradistinction in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• contradistinction in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• contradistinction at OneLook Dictionary Search