Antonyms for distinction
dɪˈstɪŋk ʃəndis·tinc·tion

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1. distinction

   A characteristic belongs to the nature or character of the person, thing, or class, and serves to identify an object; as, a copper-colored skin, high cheek-bones, and straight, black hair are characteristics of the American Indian. A sign is manifest to an observer; a mark or a characteristic may be more difficult to discover; an insensible person may show signs of life, while sometimes only close examination will disclose marks of violence. Pallor is ordinarily a mark of fear; but in some brave natures it is simply a characteristic of intense earnestness. Mark is sometimes used in a good, but often in a bad sense; we speak of the characteristic of a gentleman, the mark of a villain. Compare ATTRIBUTE; CHARACTER.

   Synonyms:
   attribute, attribute, character, characteristic, feature, indication, mark, peculiarity, property, quality, sign, singularity, trace, trait

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1. distinction

   Antonyms:
   unity, identity, debasement, insignificance, degradation

   Synonyms:
   difference, separation, dignity, eminence

Matched Categories

1. • High Status

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1. differentiation, distinctionnoun

   a discrimination between things as different and distinct

   "it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation"

   Synonyms:
   specialization, preeminence, note, specialisation, eminence, differentiation

2. eminence, distinction, preeminence, notenoun

   high status importance owing to marked superiority

   "a scholar of great eminence"

   Synonyms:
   differentiation, annotation, tubercle, note, government note, banknote, banker's bill, preeminence, bank bill, short letter, eminence, musical note, bill, bank note, tuberosity, line, notation, tone, greenback, note of hand, promissory note, billet

3. distinctionnoun

   a distinguishing quality

   "it has the distinction of being the cheapest restaurant in town"

   Synonyms:
   differentiation, preeminence, note, eminence

4. distinctionnoun

   a distinguishing difference

   "he learned the distinction between gold and lead"

   Synonyms:
   differentiation, preeminence, note, eminence

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1. distinctionnoun

   Antonyms:
   indistinction, indiscrimination promiscuity, obscurity

   Synonyms:
   discrimination, eminence, celebrity, renown, fame, repute, prominence

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   Submitted by anonymous on February 16, 2020  

How to use distinction in a sentence?

1. Ramzan Kadyrov:

   Zaur Dadayev was a Russian Interior Ministry officer who served with distinction.

2. Hillary Clinton:

   She has actually articulated how she is going to pay for all of this, which is a big distinction between her and her main opponent.

3. Kentaro Iwata:

   The experiment just described the possibility of the spread by contact, and that is not proof of what happened, so the distinction has to be clearly made between what could happen and what did happen.

4. Benjamin Baechler:

   When it comes to a daily supplement, this study suggests making a distinction between a product that only has vitamins and those that also have minerals.

5. Thomas Browne:

   But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity.

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