Distinctual
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Distinctual is an adjective meaning Distinctive; serving to allow distinctions.
Meaning
Distinctive; serving to allow distinctions.
Example Sentences
I couldn't hear any specific noise; it wasn't distinctual because there was so much noise; it was all noise; there was just noise everywhere.
Thus, for example, the state that precedes the two distinctual states, being and nonbeing, can be termed "without-being" ( thus it follows that the term Mu, which is most often translated as "no-thing," would be "without-thing").
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include distinctive, distinct, contradistinctive, characteristic, special, unique.
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