Antonyms for distinction
dɪˈstɪŋk ʃəndis·tinc·tion

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1. distinction

   A characteristic belongs to the nature or character of the person, thing, or class, and serves to identify an object; as, a copper-colored skin, high cheek-bones, and straight, black hair are characteristics of the American Indian. A sign is manifest to an observer; a mark or a characteristic may be more difficult to discover; an insensible person may show signs of life, while sometimes only close examination will disclose marks of violence. Pallor is ordinarily a mark of fear; but in some brave natures it is simply a characteristic of intense earnestness. Mark is sometimes used in a good, but often in a bad sense; we speak of the characteristic of a gentleman, the mark of a villain. Compare ATTRIBUTE; CHARACTER.

   Synonyms:
   attribute, attribute, character, characteristic, feature, indication, mark, peculiarity, property, quality, sign, singularity, trace, trait

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1. distinction

   Antonyms:
   unity, identity, debasement, insignificance, degradation

   Synonyms:
   difference, separation, dignity, eminence

Matched Categories

1. • High Status

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1. differentiation, distinctionnoun

   a discrimination between things as different and distinct

   "it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation"

   Synonyms:
   specialization, preeminence, note, specialisation, eminence, differentiation

2. eminence, distinction, preeminence, notenoun

   high status importance owing to marked superiority

   "a scholar of great eminence"

   Synonyms:
   differentiation, annotation, tubercle, note, government note, banknote, banker's bill, preeminence, bank bill, short letter, eminence, musical note, bill, bank note, tuberosity, line, notation, tone, greenback, note of hand, promissory note, billet

3. distinctionnoun

   a distinguishing quality

   "it has the distinction of being the cheapest restaurant in town"

   Synonyms:
   differentiation, preeminence, note, eminence

4. distinctionnoun

   a distinguishing difference

   "he learned the distinction between gold and lead"

   Synonyms:
   differentiation, preeminence, note, eminence

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1. distinctionnoun

   Antonyms:
   indistinction, indiscrimination promiscuity, obscurity

   Synonyms:
   discrimination, eminence, celebrity, renown, fame, repute, prominence

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1. similarity

   Submitted by anonymous on February 16, 2020  

How to use distinction in a sentence?

1. Simon Henderson:

   The UAE has a phobia of the Muslim Brotherhood and makes very little distinction of whether people are doing things which most in the United States would view as normal political activity as opposed to support for terrorism.

2. The Hitopadesa:

   Knowledge is destroyed by associating with the base; with equals equality is gained, and with the distinguished, distinction.

3. Nancy Pelosi:

   These families are hard-working members of our communities and our country. The President's action makes no distinction between a status violation and committing a serious crime.

4. Dick Durbin:

   For virtually his entire adult life, including a quarter century on the U.S. Supreme Court, Stephen Breyer has served his country with the highest possible distinction. He is, and always has been, a model jurist.

5. President Juan Manuel Santos:

   Today begins a new era in the fight against drug trafficking in our country, if we are successful, we will cease to have such a sad distinction of being the largest exporter of cocaine.

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