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[goo辞書 entry for
本土](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E6%9C%AC%E5%9C%9F/#jn-206290)

> １ その国の主な国土。属国・離島などに対していう。

_The country's main territory; the country proper. Used in contrast to vassal
states, outlying islands, etc._

I know about the different kinds of usages for ～に対して (対象、対比、割合) and its
various forms, but this sentence kind of threw me for a loop. From the
description, it is obvious that it must be the usage of 対比 here, contrasting
the 'mainland' with 'vassal states' and 'outlying islands'. But I've never
seen the 対比 usage used in the form of ～に対して～ but rather N＋であるのに対して／N＋なの対して. Is
the form as it is given in the dictionary entry above a commonly used one and
if yes, one could only guess from the context itself which usage is intended,
right?
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～に対して～ Usage for contrasting?
As you said, without the context, ～に対していう is likely to be taken as "to say
[something] to ～" or "to call ～ [something]". However, in this context, this
sentence clearly means 属国・離島などと対比していう. ～に対して usually takes これ/それ or a
nominalizer, but it can also take an ordinary noun.

> Is the form as it is given in the dictionary entry above a commonly used one

It's not wrong nor difficult, but it's not very common, either. Even a native
speaker may feel puzzled and think for a second at first sight.
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