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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Distinctive \Dis*tinc"tive\, a. [Cf. F. distinctif.]
     1. Marking or expressing distinction or difference;
        distinguishing; characteristic; peculiar.
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              The distinctive character and institutions of New


              England.                              --Bancroft.
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     2. Having the power to distinguish and discern;
        discriminating. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  distinctive
       adj 1: of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing;
              "Jerusalem has a distinctive Middle East flavor"-
              Curtis Wilkie; "that is typical of you!" [syn: {typical}]
       2: possible to classify [syn: {classifiable}]
       3: serving to distinguish or identify a species or group; "the
          distinguishing mark of the species is its plumage";
          "distinctive tribal tattoos"; "we were asked to describe
          any identifying marks or distinguishing features" [syn: {distinguishing},
           {identifying(a)}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  82 Moby Thesaurus words for "distinctive":
     accurate, appreciative, appropriate, articulate, audible,
     categorical, characteristic, characterizing, classificational,
     classificatory, clear, contrastive, critical, defining, definite,
     delicate, denominative, diacritical, diagnostic, differencing,
     differential, differentiative, discrete, discriminate,
     discriminating, discriminative, distinct, distinguished,
     distinguishing, divisional, divisionary, exact, exemplary,
     fastidious, fine, hearable, hi-fi, high-fidelity, idiocratic,
     idiosyncratic, in character, individual, individualizing,
     individuating, intrinsic, marked, natural, naturalistic, nice,
     normal, ordinal, particular, peculiar, personalizing, plain,
     precise, proper, quintessential, realistic, refined, regular,
     sample, selective, sensitive, separate, separative, several,
     single, singular, special, specific, subdivisional, subtle,
     tactful, taxonomic, true to form, true to type, typal, typic,
     typical, unique, usual
  
  

















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