discriminative

American  

[dih-skrim-uh-ney-tiv, -nuh-tiv] / dɪˈskrɪm əˌneɪ tɪv, -nə tɪv /

adjective

1. constituting a particular quality, trait, or difference; characteristic; notable.

2. making distinctions; discriminating. discriminating.

3. discriminatory.

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Other Word Forms

• discriminatively adverb
• nondiscriminative adjective
• nondiscriminatively adverb

Etymology

Origin of discriminative

First recorded in 1630–40; discriminate + -ive

Example Sentences

They plug the generative model into standard statistical formulas to directly construct a classifier instead of learning it from samples, as was done with discriminative approaches.

From Science Daily

Moreover, it promotes the use of more comprehensive and discriminative features.

From Science Daily

She accused the U.N. council of being “discriminative and rude” because it only takes issue with the North’s satellite launches while thousands of satellites launched by other countries are already operating in space.

From Seattle Times

The alternative is “discriminative” AI, which chooses between a fixed number of options and produces just a single number.

From Scientific American

Our skin gives us the power of discriminative touch, which allows us to feel the pressure, texture and vibration of objects.

From Washington Post