contradistinguish Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb distinguish by contrasting qualities

WordNet

Con`tra*dis*tin"guish transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Contradistinguished present participle & verbal noun Contradistinguishing
Definitions
  1. To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities.
    These are our complex ideas of soul and body, as contradistinguished. Locke.

Webster 1913