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contrastive

cont·ras·tive

UK/kənˈtɹɑː.stɪv/ US/kənˈtɹæs.tɪv/ uncommon

adjective

1.

of words so related that one contrasts with the other

  • “rich”
  • “hard-up”
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2.

strikingly different; tending to contrast

  • “contrasting (or contrastive) colors”
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3.

syntactically establishing a relationship of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence

  • “disjunctive conjunctions like”
  • “,”
  • “, or”
  • “serve a contrastive function”
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Origin

From contrast + -ive.

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