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Definition of Distinctions
1. distinction [n] - See also: distinction
Lexicographical Neighbors of Distinctions
Literary usage of Distinctions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practical Study of Languages: A Guide for Teachers and Learners by Henry Sweet (1906)
"Fallacy of Minute Distinctions The second fallacy is that minute distinctions of
sound can be disregarded—or, in other words, that a bad pronunciation does ..."
2. The North American Review by Making of America Project, Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge (1883)
"CLASS Distinctions IN THE UNITED STATES. To SAY that where there are no classes
there can be no class distinctions, and that in the United States, ..."
3. The Holy Roman Empire by James Bryce Bryce (1907)
"No quarrels of race or religion rbed that calm, for all national distinctions
were beng merged in the idea of a common Empire. The u.al extension of Roman ..."
4. Principles of the Law of Contract: With a Chapter on the Law of Agency by William Reynell Anson, Arthur Linton Corbin (1919)
"Distinctions. In dealing with misrepresentation as a circumstance invalidating
contract we must keep before us two distinctions. We must carefully separate ..."
5. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, George Sharswood, Barron Field (1875)
"... *These are the principal distinctions between aliens, denizens, and (-»o^e
natives: distinctions, which it hath been frequently endeavoured since L the ..."
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