Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Distinction; observation of difference.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Observation of difference; distinction.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A distinction; observation of difference.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Yes, he had some wrinkles, but they were wrinkles of distinguishment.
The Little Lady Agency and the Prince Hester Browne 2008
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Your paragraph attempting to distinguish “moral absolutes” from “objective morality” which need no distinguishment, as they are the same is the classic argument for moral relativism.
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Yes, he had some wrinkles, but they were wrinkles of distinguishment.
The Little Lady Agency and the Prince Hester Browne 2008
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Yes, he had some wrinkles, but they were wrinkles of distinguishment.
The Little Lady Agency and the Prince Hester Browne 2008
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Remember, you're not getting older, just one step closer to...distinguishment, yeah that's it, distinguishment ;P.
I'm 27 Today ALW 2006
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SCHAKOWSKY: Well, first of all, it is always -- there's always been a distinguishment between political speech and commercial speech, political speech being more heavily protected by the constitution.
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It has had too much of a seamless existence with my life to make such a distinguishment.
oatcake Diary Entry oatcake 2002
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His evening press conference last week showed a leader who has gained a great deal of distinguishment.
kevynwight Diary Entry kevynwight 2001
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I know I thought of distinguishment as something that starts at your feet and works up and when it's got to the top you are a statue.
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The same condition hath the same qualifications; an actual distinguishment we have proved there is not.
The Death of Death in the Death of Christ 1616-1683 1967
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