contrastive

adjective

syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence

strikingly different

of words so related that one contrasts with the other

Roots

contracontra- · Latin · against starest- · Latin · to stand ivus-ive · Latin · tending to

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The word contrastive breaks down into 3 roots of Latin origin: contra-, from Latin contra (“against”); st, from Latin stare (“to stand”); and -ive, from Latin ivus (“tending to”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.