distinctive

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /dɪˈstɪŋktɪv/

adj

Etymology: From Latin distinctus, perfect passive participle of distinguere (“to push apart, to divide”), + -ive (forming adjectives signifying relation or tendency to). Cognate with French distinctif and Medieval Latin distinctivus.

Distinguishing, used to or enabling the distinguishing of some thing.
“a product in distinctive packaging”
“Our Apparell was giuen vs as a signe distinctiue to discern betwixt sex and sex.”
Discriminating, discerning, having the ability to distinguish between things.
“[…]more judicious and distinctive heads...”
Characteristic, typical.
“his distinctive bass voice”
“Wordsworth's distinctive work was a war with pomp and pretence, and a display of the majesty of simple feelings and humble hearts.”
Distinguished, being distinct in character or position.
“The refugees... at length ceased to exist as a distinctive body among the people.”
Used to separate clauses in place of stops.
“These are the main distinctive accents, and by stopping at them... the reader will do justice to the sense.”
Distinguishing a particular sense of word.
“Normally we symbolize only phonemes (distinctive features) so far as we can determine them.”

noun

A distinctive thing: a quality or property permitting distinguishing; a characteristic.
“...the red umbrella, the distinctive of royalty here...”
A distinctive accent.
“A distinctive of less power than Zakeph is Ṭiphḥâ.”
A distinctive belief, tenet, or dogma of a denomination or sect.
“Mennonites could go forth somewhat detached from the chauvinism of Western culture—but not so from the Mennonite distinctives.”