Defn: propositions with the same terms, but opposed to each other both in quality and quantity.
CONTRADISTINCT
Con`tra*dis*tinct", a.
Defn: Distinguished by opposite qualities. J. Goodwin.
CONTRADISTINCTION
Con`tra*dis*tinc"tion, n.
Defn: Distinction by contrast. That there are such things as sins of infirmity in contradistinction to those of presumption is not to be questioned. South.
CONTRADISTINCTIVE
Con`tra*dis*tinc"tive, a.
Defn: having the quality of contradistinction; distinguishing by
contrast.
— Con`tra*dis*tinc"tive, n.
CONTRADISTINGUISH
Con`tra*dis*tin"guish (; 144), v. t. [imp & p. p.
Contradistinguished; p. pr. & vb. n. Contradistinguishing.]
Defn: To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities.
These are our complex ideas of soul and body, as contradistinguished.
Locke.
CONTRAFAGETTO
Con`tra*fa*get"to, n. Etym: [It.] (Mus.)