distinguishing
[ dih-sting-gwi-shing ]
adjective
distinctive; characteristic, as a definitive feature of an individual or group: Intricate rhyming is a distinguishing feature of her poetry.
Origin of distinguishing
1First recorded in 1660–70; distinguish + -ing2
Other words from distinguishing
- dis·tin·guish·ing·ly, adverb
- non·dis·tin·guish·ing, adjective
- self-dis·tin·guish·ing, adjective
- un·dis·tin·guish·ing, adjective
- un·dis·tin·guish·ing·ly, adverb
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How to use distinguishing in a sentence
And "of that 'something' we are entitled to say, positively, that it is a self-distinguishing consciousness" (section 52).
Religion and Science | John Charlton Hardwick
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