Discriminating
[dɪ'skrɪmɪneɪtɪŋ] or [dɪ'skrɪmɪnetɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste; 'the discriminating eye of the connoisseur' .
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Discriminate
(a.) Marking a difference; distinguishing.
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Examples
- Resolved, as your discriminating good sense perceives, that if you was to have a sap--pur--IZE, it should be a complete one! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I am sure that though Graham stood aloof, he listened too: his hearing as well as his vision was very fine, quick, discriminating. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Few, Shirley conceived, men or women have the right taste in poetry, the right sense for discriminating between what is real and what is false. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The Mexicans were not so discriminating. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In reference to the last (volcanic ash combined with lime and r ubble to form a cement) Vitruvius writes in a way that indicates a discriminating knowledge of geological formations. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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