discriminating

[ dih-skrim-uh-ney-ting ]
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adjective
  1. able to distinguish differences or distinctions; differentiating; analytic.

  2. noting differences or distinctions with nicety; discerning; perspicacious: a discriminating interpreter of events.

  1. having excellent taste or judgment: a discriminating interior designer.

  2. differential, as a tariff.

  3. possessing distinctive features; capable of being differentiated; discriminative.

Origin of discriminating

1
First recorded in 1640–50; discriminat(e) + -ing2

Other words from discriminating

  • dis·crim·i·nat·ing·ly, adverb
  • half-dis·crim·i·nat·ing, adjective
  • half-dis·crim·i·nat·ing·ly, adverb
  • non·dis·crim·i·nat·ing, adjective
  • non·dis·crim·i·nat·ing·ly, adverb
  • o·ver·dis·crim·i·nat·ing, adjective
  • o·ver·dis·crim·i·nat·ing·ly, adverb
  • qua·si-dis·crim·i·nat·ing, adjective
  • qua·si-dis·crim·i·nat·ing·ly, adverb
  • un·dis·crim·i·nat·ing, adjective
  • un·dis·crim·i·nat·ing·ly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for discriminating

discriminating

/ (dɪˈskrɪmɪˌneɪtɪŋ) /


adjective
  1. able to see fine distinctions and differences

  2. discerning in matters of taste

  1. (of a tariff, import duty, etc) levied at differential rates in order to favour or discourage imports or exports

Derived forms of discriminating

  • discriminatingly, adverb

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