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- noun Plural form of
contradistinction .
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Examples
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Its passionate dynamics unfold in the contradistinctions of material and the lack thereof, between quotes of traditional arts and crafts and cutting edge technologies, between feminine design vocabulary and a masculine range of colours.
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And they were invariably stirred by the contradistinctions of primary school, where the children from the breadline council estates always seemed to be togged out in expensive fashion shoes, while middle-class boys such as myself made do with the sensible and hard-wearing.
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'Immigration, Immigrants and Socialisation in Southern Europe: patterns, problems and contradistinctions', in C. Inglessi, A. Lyberaki, H. Vermeulen and G. J. van Wijngaarden
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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'Immigration, Immigrants and Socialisation in Southern Europe: patterns, problems and contradistinctions', in C. Inglessi, A. Lyberaki, H. Vermeulen and G. J. van Wijngaarden
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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