The phrase "a distinctive meaning" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the unique or specific interpretation of a word, phrase, or concept.
Example: "In literature, the author often imbues characters with a distinctive meaning that reflects their personal experiences."
Alternatives: "a unique significance" or "a specific interpretation".
"Linsanity is a distinctive term with a distinctive meaning and is closely associated with Lin himself, rather than any other individual or business entity," he said.
There has been an increase in the number opting for the label "English" as the one that best describes their nationality (see chart).Respondents not only embrace a British identity less readily than they did but also have trouble ascribing a distinctive meaning to it.
Joseph Raz rejected Hart's claim that normative terms have a distinctive meaning in statements of law.
Because almost every word is learned with a distinctive meaning (or set of meanings), and replication has low error rates, it follows that most words do not have a direct competitor for exactly the same meaning and contexts of use.
Later, the term caitya assumed the distinctive meaning of a meeting place or meditation grove for mendicant renunciates and a pilgrimage centre for the laity.
O.K., Dave," in which the director, Drew Barr, and the actors give each word a distinctive emotional meaning.
Green's story of lovers who aren't so much star-crossed as star-cursed leans on literature's most durable assets: finely wrought language, beautifully drawn characters and a distinctive voice, meaning that of Hazel, 16, who narrates the story, reporting that she falls in love with Augustus, 17, "the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once".
In the restrictor analysis, "if" does not have a distinctive conditional meaning on its own and if-clauses are used to restrict modal operators or generic frequency operators.
The government of the "sage"—a term common to all schools of Chinese thought but which is given a distinctive Daoist meaning in the commentary rests on the same premise.
In order for a trademark to be valid, it must be "distinctive," meaning that it must be capable of identifying the source of the product.
Vaughn is a director who manages to be both broadly commercial and also quite distinctive meaning that Fox could position Kingsman as both accessibly mainstream and something a bit different to what audiences had seen before.
