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discriminative
English
Adjective
discriminative (comparative more discriminative, superlative most discriminative)
- Having or relating to the ability to discriminate between things.
- (of an element, feature, attribute, etc.) Which serves to distinguish its bearer.
Synonyms
- excludent
Related terms
- discriminating
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discriminate
English
Etymology
From Latin discriminatus, past participle of discriminare (“to divide, separate, distinguish”), from discrimen (“a space between, division, separation, distinction”), from discerno (“to divide, separate, distinguish, discern”); see discern, discreet, discrete. Compare crime.
Pronunciation
- (verb) IPA(key): /d?s?k??m?ne?t/
- (adjective) IPA(key): /d?s?k??m?n?t/
Verb
discriminate (third-person singular simple present discriminates, present participle discriminating, simple past and past participle discriminated)
- (intransitive) To make distinctions.
- (intransitive, construed with against) To make decisions based on prejudice.
- (transitive) To set apart as being different; to mark as different; to separate from another by discerning differences; to distinguish.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Cowper to this entry?)
Usage notes
Due to the strong pejorative connotations of sense of “decide based on prejudice”, care should be taken in using the term in the sense “distinguish, make distinctions”, and this sense is primarily used in formal discourse; synonyms are generally used instead.
Synonyms
- (make distinctions): distinguish, differentiate; see also Thesaurus:tell apart
- (make decisions based on prejudice): disfavor
Antonyms
- (make decisions based on prejudice): favor
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Adjective
discriminate (comparative more discriminate, superlative most discriminate)
- Having the difference marked; distinguished by certain tokens.
- Nevertheless it is certain, that oisters, and cockles, and mussels, which move not, have no discriminate sex
Further reading
- discriminate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- discriminate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Translations
Italian
Verb
discriminate
- second-person plural present indicative of discriminare
- second-person plural imperative of discriminare
- feminine plural of discriminato
Anagrams
- dimenticarsi
Latin
Verb
discr?min?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of discr?min?
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