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  • Distinction may refer to:
  • Distinction (social)
    Distinction (social)
    Distinction is a social force that places different values on different individuals. The criteria for such judgements have always been a matter of controversy and subject to criticism. They are, furthermore, subject to constant change....

     is a social force that places different values on different individuals. (social, class, and style)
  • Distinction (law)
    Distinction (law)
    Distinction is a principle under international humanitarian law governing the legal use of force in an armed conflict, whereby belligerents must distinguish between combatants and civilians...

     is a principle under international humanitarian law governing the legal use of force in an armed conflict.
  • La Distinction
    La Distinction
    La Distinction is a book by French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu , based on Bourdieu's empirical research on French culture. Taken from studies conducted by Bourdieu in 1963 and concluded in 1967-68, the book was originally published in France in 1979...

    , a book by Pierre Bourdieu
  • Distinctive feature
    Distinctive feature
    In linguistics, a distinctive feature is the most basic unit of phonological structure that may be analyzed in phonological theory.Distinctive features are grouped into categories according to the natural classes of segments they describe: major class features, laryngeal features, manner features,...

    , a concept in linguistics
  • Distinción, the practice in Spanish of separating particular consonantal sounds; see Ceceo
    Ceceo
    In Spanish dialectology, the terms distinción, seseo and ceceo are used to describe the opposition between dialects that distinguish the phonemes and , and those that exhibit merger of the two sounds into either or .Dialects that distinguish the two sounds, and thus pronounce the words casa...