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English Dictionary: discriminative by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
discriminative
adj
  1. capable of making fine distinctions [syn: discriminative, discriminatory]
  2. expressing careful judgment; "discriminative censure"; "a biography ...appreciative and yet judicial in purpose"-Tyler Dennett
    Synonym(s): discriminative, judicial
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Discriminative \Dis*crim"i*na*tive\, a.
      1. Marking a difference; distinguishing; distinctive;
            characteristic.
  
                     That peculiar and discriminative form of life.
                                                                              --Johnson.
  
      2. Observing distinctions; making differences;
            discriminating. [bd]Discriminative censure.[b8] --J.
            Foster. [bd]Discriminative Providence.[b8] --Dr. H. More.
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