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Direct contrast   /dərˈɛkt kˈɑntræst/   Listen
Direct contrast

noun
1.
The opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared.  Synonym: contrast.  "By contrast"






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"Direct contrast" Quotes from Famous Books



... interference in territorial terms of peace. Wilson's simultaneous request to us to submit our terms of peace is not to be regarded as private. House revealed to me following thoughts of the President. Our enemies had openly expressed their impossible peace terms. Thereupon President had, as a direct contrast to these, developed his programme. Now we are also morally bound to make our peace terms known, because our desire for peace would otherwise appear insincere. After Your Excellency had informed Mr. Wilson ...
— My Three Years in America • Johann Heinrich Andreas Hermann Albrecht Graf von Bernstorff



Words linked to "Direct contrast" :   oppositeness, opposition



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