Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Constituting a difference or distinction; characteristic; peculiar.
Wiktionary
- v. present participle of distinguish.
- adj. That serves to distinguish.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Constituting difference, or distinction from everything else; distinctive; peculiar; characteristic.
Examples
“Likewise, among Christians it has long been conventional to use uppercase Orthodox as a term distinguishing the Christianity that shared forms of liturgy and theology rooted in the Byzantine, or Greek-speaking, part of the Roman Empire from those who took a separate path in the West.”
“For Dewey, a more useful form of "judgment" consists in distinguishing "particulars and parts with respect to their weight and function in formation of an integral experience.”
““And of course, anyone wanting to stake the survival of the human race on continued technological progress forever ought to at least consider humanity's track record in distinguishing between exponential and logistic processes.””
Limits to Growth?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“And of course, anyone wanting to stake the survival of the human race on continued technological progress forever ought to at least consider humanity's track record in distinguishing between exponential and logistic processes.”
Limits to Growth?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“Astrid discusses the difficulty in distinguishing between symptoms of mental illness and the effects of living in an institution.”
“One needs to be rigorous though in distinguishing such historic changes from romanticized versions of history.”
“That is obviously a different case than protecting the brand for commercial purposes, and there is not likely to be any ambiguity in distinguishing thecases.”
“We do, however, have the right to insist that they be honest in distinguishing between broadly accepted standards and their own peculiar ones when talking about the matter to those outside thefaith.”
“We do, however, have the right to insist that they be honest in distinguishing between broadly accepted standards and their own peculiar ones when talking about the matter to those outside the faith.”
“I'm not sure there's a point in distinguishing between influence and bias.”
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