0 the difference between two or more things that is made clear by comparing them: --
I use the term "child" in contradistinction to "parent" - it does not necessarily refer to a juvenile.
The term implies that that is how people actually behave, in contradistinction to what the theory says.
What can explain the continued appeal of the rabbinical courts, in contradistinction to the impression held by family court judges and lawyers?
The antinomians represented a new strain of puritanism, one developed in conscious contradistinction to the rigorous asceticism of mainstream puritan piety.
In contradistinction, if "crazy" was the hard core of the relationship, then the relationship could be classified as "crazy (known)".
Incentives, in fact, are understood better in contradistinction to market forces than as identical to them.
Albeit distinctive because it was sung, it was not a separate entity, not staged music in contradistinction to the theatre.
It was seen as respectable, in contradistinction to such grossly physical phenomena as table levitation, raps, and especially materialization.
In contradistinction, nine of the twelve focus groups emphasised the high level of unemployment in the province.
