The explanation below was achieved by comparing and contrasting a variety of different theories.
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Contrasting
Synonyms for "contrasting" (60 found)
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6 translations across 6 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀντίθετος adj (set in opposition)
Esperanto
1 entries- kontrasta adj (set in opposition)
Italian
1 entries- contrastante adj (set in opposition)
Japanese
1 entries- 対照的な adj (set in opposition)
Portuguese
1 entries- contrastante adj (set in opposition)
Spanish
1 entries- contrastante adj (set in opposition)
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They are entirely contrasting opinions.
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Contrasting the goals of the Soviet science with the goals of the science controlled by the Americal imperialists, Soviet biology scientists say: “Biology is a life science, but American biologists turn it into a death science, a science that deals with the better and faster destruction of all the living things on earth.”
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English doesn't have a good contrasting paradigm, as do Esperanto's "laboro" and "verko," being both about "work."
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