contrastiveadj.
/kənˈtrɑːstɪv//kənˈtrastɪv/ Forming a contrast; standing in contrast (to something else). spec. in Linguistics.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adjective] > contrasting or having force of contrast
antiperistatic1601
contrastive1816
counterpointed1877
the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > contrast > [adjective]
contrasting1715
contrastive1816
the mind > language > linguistics > [adjective] > specific types or features of linguistic analysis
paradigmatic1891
realizational1904
non-distinctive1916
principled1919
binary1921
over-differentiated1927
marked1933
unmarked1933
isomorphic1937
nuclear1937
contrastive1940
metalinguistic1941
metalingual1942
componential1947
linear1955
rewrite1960
unordered1960
taxonomic1962
non-binary1971
1816 [see contrastively adv. at Derivatives].
1841 E. B. Barrett Lett. R. H. Horne (1877) II. liv. 97 Something..deeply contrastive to the Heavenly Spirits.
1870 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Oct. 4 Attitudes should be contrastive, and so composed as to balance and set off each other.
1940 Z. S. Harris in Language XVI. 220 The inflections are grouped into a closed contrastive set.
1949 G. L. Trager Field of Linguistics 6 When his [sc. the linguist's] activities are concerned with showing the structural differences and resemblances of the systems, he is doing contrastive linguistics.
1964 Language 40 206 Contrastive grammar..compares the structural similarities and differences between a target and a source language.
Derivatives
conˈtrastively adv.
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the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > contrast > [adverb]
here-againc1200
here-againsta1250
contrastively1816
contrastingly1833
contrastedly1836
1816 M. Keating Trav. Eur. & Afr. I. 189 Royalty must be approached contrastively barefooted.
conˈtrastiveness n. contrastive quality.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [noun]
riot?c1225
contrariositya1340
contrarietyc1380
contrariness1398
contrariousness1398
repugnance?a1425
contrariancec1450
oppositiona1500
contraposition1581
countermatching1587
counterposition1594
antipathy1601
antistrophe1605
thwarting1609
contrariancya1617
antithesis1631
contrast1731
contrastiveness1949
1949 E. A. Nida Morphol. (ed. 2) vi. 155 Each sememe (the meaningful contrastiveness of any morpheme) would then be subdivided into allosemes.
1964 M. A. K. Halliday et al. Ling. Sci. ii. 34 Each time we use a verbal group in spoken English we select for finiteness, modality, contrastiveness, polarity and voice.
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adj.1816