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discriminating [dɪˈskrɪmɪˌneɪtɪŋ] adj
1. able to see fine distinctions and differences 2. discerning in matters of taste 3. (Economics) (of a tariff, import duty, etc.) levied at differential rates in order to favour or discourage imports or exports discriminatingly adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
discriminating adjective discerning, particular, keen, critical, acute, sensitive, refined, cultivated, selective, astute, tasteful, fastidious These products are snapped up by more discriminating customers. careless, indiscriminate, undiscriminating, unselective Translations discriminating adj (= discerning) person → anspruchsvoll, kritisch; judgement, eye → kritisch; palate → fein; a discriminating ear → ein feines Gehör (Fin) tax, tariff → diskriminierend How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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