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/dɪskrˈɪmənˌeɪtɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Discriminate v. t. (past & past part. discriminated; pres. part. discriminating) To set apart as being different; to mark as different; to separate from another by discerning differences; to distinguish. "To discriminate the goats from the sheep."

Discriminate v. i.

To make a difference or distinction; to distinguish accurately; as, in judging of evidence, we should be careful to discriminate between probability and slight presumption.

(a)

To treat unequally.

(b)

(Railroads) To impose unequal tariffs for substantially the same service.

adjective

Discriminating adj.

Marking a difference; distinguishing. "And finds with keen discriminating sight, Black's not so black; nor white so very white."

Making careful or fine distinctions, especially as to quality or accuracy; as, a discriminating observer.

Synonyms: discerning, perspicacious.

Having a refined taste or excellent judgment; as, a discriminating taste.

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— A Book of Sibyls - Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen • Anne Thackeray (Mrs. Richmond Ritchie)

... investigation is often pursued with an exaggerated confidence. Plausible conjecture is too frequently mistaken for positive proof. Undue significance is attached to what may be mere casual coincidences, and a minuteness of accuracy is professed in discriminating between the different elements in a narrative which cannot be attained by mere internal evidence. In all writings, but especially in the writings of an age when criticism was unknown, there will be repetitions, contradictions, inconsistencies ...

— Historical and Political Essays • William Edward Hartpole Lecky

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— The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2) • Anatole France

... book was quite new to him. He became less and less interested in his thoughts, more and more absorbed in the Memoirs. There were passages marked with a pencil-line in the margin, and marked, thought Sir Charles, by a discriminating judge. He began to look only for the marked passages, being sure that thus he would most easily come upon the raciest anecdotes. He read the story of the Count's pursuit by the brother of the lady he was affianced to. The brother caught up the Count when he was ...

— Ensign Knightley and Other Stories • A. E. W. Mason

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