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Having or showing refined taste or good judgement
“My comments are those of an occasional patient, a discriminating consumer, and a visual critic.”
Serving to identify as belonging to an individual or group
“… a discriminating feature of poison ivy is a compound leaf with three mitten-shaped leaflets.”
Hard to please
Showing good aesthetic judgement or appropriate behaviour
Learned in the ways of civilized society
Not based on or behaving according to the principles of equality and justice
Of, relating to, or using a difference
Of judges or the administration of justice
Relating to or characteristic of a chauvinist
Inclined to find fault too readily
Providing a faithful representation of someone or something
Pertaining to or characterized by ratiocination, discursive thinking, or inferential knowledge
Exclusive or private in nature
Unusual or original in characteristics
Present participle for make an unjust or prejudicial distinction in the treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, sex, or age
“Does your group discriminate against anyone regarding race, gender, belief, or sexual orientation?”
Present participle for to recognize or understand a difference
“While we do not inhabit a moral universe where the alternatives are black and white, we do have the capacity to discriminate between what is truly wrong and what is unfortunate but necessary.”
Present participle for to understand or point out the difference in
Present participle for distinguish
Present participle for to mark the limits or boundaries of something
Present participle for to point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group
Present participle for to choose or gather
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