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In contrast to, rather than, instead of; particularly used in defining a concept by providing an example that does not fall inside the concept.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: as against
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
فِي مُقَابِل
(fī muqābil)
— in contrast to
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Arabic:
عَلَى نَقْيِض
(ʕalā naqyiḍ)
— in contrast to
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Arabic:
بَدَلًا مِن
(badalan min)
— in contrast to
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Arabic:
على نقيض
(ʕalaa naqyiḍ)
— in contrast to
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Arabic:
في مقابل
(fi muqabel)
— in contrast to
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Chinese Mandarin:
與...不同 /与...不同
(yǔ ... bùtóng)
— in contrast to
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Dutch:
in tegenstelling tot
— in contrast to
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Finnish:
toisin kuin
— in contrast to
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French:
par opposition à
— in contrast to
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Georgian:
განსხვავებით
(gansxvavebit)
— in contrast to
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German:
im Gegensatz zu
— in contrast to
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German:
im Unterschied zu
— in contrast to
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Greek:
κατ’ αντιδιαστολή προς
(kat’ antidiastolí pros)
— in contrast to
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Greek:
σε αντιδιαστολή προς
(se antidiastolí pros)
— in contrast to
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Greek:
σε αντίθεση με
(se antíthesi me)
— in contrast to
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Hungarian:
szembeállítva
— in contrast to
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Icelandic:
öfugt við
— in contrast to
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Icelandic:
í ósamræmi við
— in contrast to
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Irish:
seachas
— in contrast to
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Irish:
murab ionann is
— in contrast to
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Italian:
invece di
— in contrast to
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Japanese:
に対して
(ni taishite)
— in contrast to
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Korean:
에 비교하여
(e bigyohayeo)
— in contrast to
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Korean:
에 대하여
(e daehayeo)
— in contrast to
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Korean:
보다는
(bodaneun)
— in contrast to
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Lithuanian:
priešingai nei
— in contrast to
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Norwegian Bokmål:
i motsetning til
— in contrast to
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Norwegian Bokmål:
til forskjell fra
— in contrast to
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Polish:
w przeciwieństwie do
— in contrast to
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Portuguese:
em vez de
— in contrast to
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Romanian:
în contrast cu
— in contrast to
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Romanian:
spre deosebire de
— in contrast to
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Spanish:
en contraposición a
— in contrast to
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Spanish:
a diferencia de
— in contrast to
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Spanish:
en oposición a
— in contrast to
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Swedish:
till skillnad från
— in contrast to