Distinctive

//dɪˈstɪŋktɪv// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Distinguishing, used to or enabling the distinguishing of some thing.

    "a product in distinctive packaging"

  2. 2
    Discriminating, discerning, having the ability to distinguish between things. rare

    "[…]more judicious and distinctive heads..."

  3. 3
    Characteristic, typical.

    "his distinctive bass voice"

  4. 4
    Distinguished, being distinct in character or position. rare

    "The refugees... at length ceased to exist as a distinctive body among the people."

  5. 5
    Used to separate clauses in place of stops. Hebrew

    "These are the main distinctive accents, and by stopping at them... the reader will do justice to the sense."

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  1. 6
    Distinguishing a particular sense of word.

    "Normally we symbolize only phonemes (distinctive features) so far as we can determine them."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing wordnet
  2. 2
    capable of being classified wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A distinctive thing: a quality or property permitting distinguishing; a characteristic.

    "...the red umbrella, the distinctive of royalty here..."

  2. 2
    A distinctive accent. Hebrew

    "A distinctive of less power than Zakeph is Ṭiphḥâ."

  3. 3
    A distinctive belief, tenet, or dogma of a denomination or sect.

    "Mennonites could go forth somewhat detached from the chauvinism of Western culture—but not so from the Mennonite distinctives."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin distinctus, perfect passive participle of distinguere (“to push apart, to divide”), + -ive (forming adjectives signifying relation or tendency to). Cognate with French distinctif and Medieval Latin distinctivus.

Etymology 2

From Latin distinctus, perfect passive participle of distinguere (“to push apart, to divide”), + -ive (forming adjectives signifying relation or tendency to). Cognate with French distinctif and Medieval Latin distinctivus.

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