distinctive quality

collocation in English

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distinctive
adjective
uk
/dɪˈstɪŋk.tɪv/us
/dɪˈstɪŋk.tɪv/
Something that is distinctive is easy to recognize because it is different from ...
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quality
noun
uk
/ˈkwɒl.ə.ti/us
/ˈkwɑː.lə.t̬i/
how good or bad ...
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The fashionable schools of criticism give attention to the 'non-literary' text, sometimes to the extent of denying not only a canon of literature but even adistinctivequalityof literariness.
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Perhaps his mostdistinctivequality, apart from his charm and great calmness, is his bravery.
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I have to say that the word "first" seems to have adistinctivequality.
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Neither the script nor the numerous performances are of adistinctivequality.
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For example, playing very high up on the lower strings gives adistinctivequalityto the sound.
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His mostdistinctivequalityis his penchant for recreating the look and style of silent or early-sound-era films.
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He/she must have consistently performed or produced over a significant period, works of superior anddistinctivequality. d.
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These stylistic choices give his movies a highlydistinctivequalitythat has provoked much discussion, critical study, supercuts and mash-ups, and even parody.
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Thedistinctivequalityof sarcasm is present in the spoken word and manifested chiefly by vocal inflections.
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Nevertheless, it had adistinctivequality.
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This is a process that invests the finished work with distinctive qualities of colour and texture as salt and wood ash interact during the firing.
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The point of contact may be alveolar or postalveolar, and thedistinctivequalitymay arise more from the shaping than from the position of the tongue.
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Puzzling as these features are, they do seem to belong with the distinctive qualities of the melody, producing music that has a strong sense of direction and purpose.
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These distinctive qualities include its open-endedness, its concern with action and what ought to be rather than what is, its value-laden nature, and its integrative rather than fragmentary possibilities.
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Jung was considered an important factor both as a manufacturer of large quantities and also as one who gave adistinctivequalityto the goods sent out from his plant.
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These distinctive qualities come to the fore when embedded grouping dissonance is considered in light of previous music-theoretical discussions, which describe similar occurrences without addressing this specific phenomenon.
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If they had not distinctive qualities and characteristics, they might be allowed just to fade way.
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That balance must take account of the need to retain the best of the region's distinctive qualities: our attractive natural and built environment.
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