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contrastive

/kənˈtɹɑː.stɪv/ UK
/kənˈtɹæs.tɪv/ US
/ˈkɑntɹæs.tɪv/ US

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Contrasting: tending to contrast; being in contrast. This thesis is an attempt to apply the theory of transformational grammar to the Japanese language. […] Comparison of the structure of Japanese and English is also our concern, whenever possible, and it is seen that the transformational theory is helpful in such contrastive studies.

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@misc{contrastive_2026,
  title = {contrastive},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/contrastive},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}