contrastive UK /kənˈtɹɑː.stɪv/US /kənˈtɹæs.tɪv/ adjective1 •Contrasting: tending to contrast; being in contrast.Consider the first, allegedly contrastive fact, that there were some bank robbings by Sutton rather than no robbings at all by Sutton. — 1985 formsmore contrastive · most contrastive
