Contradistinguish \Con`tra*dis*tin"guish\ (?; 144), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Contradistinguished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Contradistinguishing}.] To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities. [1913 Webster] These are our complex ideas of soul and body, as contradistinguished. --Locke. [1913 Webster]