contradistinct

adj

contradistinct

adj

Etymology From contra- + distinct.

1

Distinguished by opposite qualities.

a man may be of the elect to - day , and at their death reprobate ; for these two , as contradistinct sayings , remain such to eternitya. 1680, Thomas Goodwin, Discourse of Election:

Related terms: contradistinction, contradistinctive, contradistinctively, contradistinctiveness, contradistinctly, contradistinguish

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