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Definition of vive la difference exclamation from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

vive la difference

exclamation

NAmE//ˌviv lɑ ˌdɪfəˈrɑns//

, NAmE//ˌvivəlɑ ˌdɪfəˈrɑns//

(from French) (humorous)

used to show that you think it is good that there is a difference between two people or things, especially a difference between men and women

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