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noun a discrimination between things as different and distinct
noun high status importance owing to marked superiority
noun a distinguishing quality
originFrom Middle English distinccioun, from Old French distinction (attested from the 12th century), borrowed from Latin distinctiōnem, action noun of distinguō (“separate, distinguish”). Attested in English from the late 14th century.
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