The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Contradistinguish \Con`tra*dis*tin"guish\ (?; 144), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contradistinguished; p. pr. & vb. n. Contradistinguishing.] To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities. [1913 Webster] These are our complex ideas of soul and body, as contradistinguished. --Locke. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
contradistinguish v 1: distinguish by contrasting qualities