Relating to or involving the act of making distinctions or recognizing differences between things.
From distinction + -al suffix forming adjectives. Distinction comes from Latin distinctio, meaning the act of separating or differentiating.
Most '-ional' adjectives (educational, functional, national) are super common, but 'distinctional' is quite rare because we usually just say 'distinctive' instead—language naturally favors simpler forms!
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