contradistinction

• When Archimedes swam up from space before him, from where she had hung re-provisioning in the docking areas around Mars, another thought struck him in contradistinction: if populating the solar system was work a man understood, then Archimedes had hitherto represented work he had signally failed to comprehend. —  Kenneth Bulmer - Worlds for the Taking
• Islamic tradition appears to stand in sharp contradistinction, certainly in its modern manifestation.
• In contradistinction, Beethoven's late quartet (below as seen in Band of Brothers), represents a more pensive and reflective text. —  Reason & Revelation
• "In contradistinction, Tarsem documents a visual universe that seems flung together and bereft of the structural, tonal gravitas and authorial control that Oscar loves." —  GreenCine Daily
• In contradistinction, the word Palestine or Palestinian is never mentioned. —  body on the line

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