distinguishing

[ dih-sting-gwi-shing ]
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adjective
  1. distinctive; characteristic, as a definitive feature of an individual or group: Intricate rhyming is a distinguishing feature of her poetry.

Origin of distinguishing

1
First 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