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3 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Distinctive \Dis*tinc"tive\, adjective [Cf. F. distinctif.]
1. Marking or expressing distinction or difference; distinguishing; characteristic; peculiar.
The distinctive character and institutions of New England. --Bancroft.
2. Having the power to distinguish and discern; discriminating. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
distinctive
adjective
1: of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing; "Jerusalem has a distinctive Middle East flavor"- Curtis Wilkie; "that is typical of you!" [syn: {typical}]
2: possible to classify [syn: {classifiable}]
3: serving to distinguish or identify a species or group; "the distinguishing mark of the species is its plumage"; "distinctive tribal tattoos"; "we were asked to describe any identifying marks or distinguishing features" [syn: {distinguishing}, {identifying(a)}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
82 Moby Thesaurus words for "distinctive": accurate, appreciative, appropriate, articulate, audible, categorical, characteristic, characterizing, classificational, classificatory, clear, contrastive, critical, defining, definite, delicate, denominative, diacritical, diagnostic, differencing, differential, differentiative, discrete, discriminate, discriminating, discriminative, distinct, distinguished, distinguishing, divisional, divisionary, exact, exemplary, fastidious, fine, hearable, hi-fi, high-fidelity, idiocratic, idiosyncratic, in character, individual, individualizing, individuating, intrinsic, marked, natural, naturalistic, nice, normal, ordinal, particular, peculiar, personalizing, plain, precise, proper, quintessential, realistic, refined, regular, sample, selective, sensitive, separate, separative, several, single, singular, special, specific, subdivisional, subtle, tactful, taxonomic, true to form, true to type, typal, typic, typical, unique, usual
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