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contradistinction

/kɒntrədɪˈstɪŋ(k)ʃ(ə)n/

US pronunciation

American sound/kɒntrədɪˈstɪŋ(k)ʃ(ə)n/

kɒntrədɪˈstɪŋkʃən

Syllables: 5 syllables
Stress: 4th syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final -tion sounds like shun

kɒntrədɪ - ˈstɪŋkʃən -> contradistinction

Myanmar meaning

(n) နှိုင်းယှဉ်၍ကွဲပြားကြောင်းသိသာစေခြင်း။

Full entry

contradistinction /kɒntrǝdÇ'stÇŋkʃn/ n

ခြားနားသိသာစေခြင်း။ ဆန့်ကျင်ကွဲပြားစေခြင်း။
❏ in contradistinction to sth/sb [IDM ] (fml ) ဆန့်ကျင် သိသာစေခြင်းငှာ။ ကွဲပြားခြားနားစေခြင်းငှာ။
I refer specifically to permanent residents, in contradistinction to temporary visitors.

Synonyms

antithesis, contradiction, contraposition, contrariety, contrariness, contrast, oppositeness, opposition, polarity

Antonyms

Cross references

antithesis contradiction contraposition contrariety contrariness contrast oppositeness opposition polarity agreement permanent refer sth temporary

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