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contradistinctive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
con-tradis-tinc-tive
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

contrasting, opposing, different

Etymology

From contra- + distinctive.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more contradistinctive (comparative) most contradistinctive (superlative)

Derived Forms

contradistinctively contradistinctiveness contradistinguish

Frequently Paired Words

distinctive

Questions

What does contradistinctive mean?
contrasting, opposing, different
Where does contradistinctive come from?
From contra- + distinctive.

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