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discriminative

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dis·crim·i·na·tive  (d-skrm-ntv, -n-tv)
adj.
1. Drawing distinctions.
2. Marked by or showing prejudice: discriminative hiring practices.

dis·crimi·native·ly adv.
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Adj.1.discriminative - capable of making fine distinctions
discriminating - showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste; "the discriminating eye of the connoisseur"
2.discriminative - expressing careful judgment; "discriminative censure"; "a biography ...appreciative and yet judicial in purpose"-Tyler Dennett
critical - characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; "a critical reading"; "a critical dissertation"; "a critical analysis of Melville's writings"


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I grant you I have not your discriminative faculty of hearing; for the concert of all Lineland which gives you such intense pleasure, is to me no better than a multitudinous twittering or chirping.
 
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