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discriminating

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dis·crim·i·nat·ing  (d-skrm-ntng)
adj.
1.
a. Able to recognize or draw fine distinctions; perceptive.
b. Showing careful judgment or fine taste: a discriminating collector of rare books; a dish for the discriminating palate.
2. Separating into distinct parts or components; analytical.
3. Serving to distinguish; distinctive: a discriminating characteristic.
4. Marked by or showing bias; discriminatory.

dis·crimi·nating·ly adv.
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Adj.1.discriminating - showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste; "the discriminating eye of the connoisseur"
discerning - having or revealing keen insight and good judgment; "a discerning critic"; "a discerning reader"
discriminate - marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions; "discriminate judgments"; "discriminate people"
indiscriminating, undiscriminating - not discriminating
2.discriminating - having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations"
perceptive - having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment; "a perceptive eye"; "a perceptive observation"

discriminating
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Spanish discriminating [dɪˈskrɪmɪneɪtɪŋ] adjentendido
French discriminating [dɪˈskrɪmɪneɪtɪŋ] adjqui a du discernement
German discriminating [dɪsˈkrɪmɪneɪtɪŋ] discriminate adjanspruchsvoll, kritisch;
(tax, duty) → Differenzial-

Italian discriminating [dɪsˈkrɪmɪneɪtɪŋ] adj [ear, taste] → fine, giudizioso/a; [person] → esigente; [tax, duty] → discriminante

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I do not wish to leave out an important branch of this subject, for it is a danger from which princes are with difficulty preserved, unless they are very careful and discriminating.
It is made up of accumulated tradition, kept alive by individual pride, rendered exact by professional opinion, and, like the higher arts, it spurred on and sustained by discriminating praise.
But as we ascend in the social scale, the process of discriminating and being discriminated by hearing increases in difficulty, partly because voices are assimilated, partly because the faculty of voice-discrimination is a plebeian virtue not much developed among the Aristocracy.
 
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