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Definition of Contrastive

1. Adjective. Of words so related that one contrasts with the other. "`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms"

2. Adjective. Strikingly different; tending to contrast. "Contrasting (or contrastive) colors"

3. Adjective. Syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence. "Disjunctive conjunctions like `but', `or', or `though' serve a contrastive function"

Definition of Contrastive

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Contrastive

contrarily contrariness contrarinesses contrarious contrariwise contrary contrary to fact contras contrast contrast

contrastable contrasted contrastimulant contrasting contrastingly contrastive (current term) contrastively contrasts contrasty contrast agent

contrast bath contrast echocardiography contrast enema contrast enhancement contrast material contrast material contrast media contrast medium contrast medium contrast sensitivity

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