Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Able to recognize or draw fine distinctions or judgments.
- adjective Serving to distinguish; distinctive.
- adjective Marked by or showing prejudice; discriminatory.
from The Century Dictionary.
- That discriminates; noting distinctions and differences with accuracy and nicety; distinguishing: as, a discriminating mind.
- Serving as a ground or means of discrimination; distinctive.
- A higher tonnage-duty on vessels not owned by citizens of the importing country than on vessels owned wholly or in part by such citizens. Also called
differential duty .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Marking a difference; distinguishing.
- adjective making careful or fine distinctions, especially as to quality or accuracy.
- adjective having a refined taste or excellent judgment.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Able to
perceive finedistinctions between similar things;perceptive - adjective Having a
discerning judgment or taste - verb Present participle of
discriminate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste
- adjective having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
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ISPs are not interested in discriminating against content, nor against particular application or content providers.
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Her topic: How broadband service providers are and should be regulated in discriminating against legal content and applications.
Archive 2009-03-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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ISPs are not interested in discriminating against content, nor against particular application or content providers.
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Making generalized statements about "white people discriminating" is for the most part, untrue.
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(These facts are vital in discriminating between appropriate and inappropriate descriptions and applications of creativity.)
"On creativity" Mia 2008
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(These facts are vital in discriminating between appropriate and inappropriate descriptions and applications of creativity.)
Archive 2008-03-01 Mia 2008
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It's only troubling if voters think that not discriminating is wrong.
Balkinization 2006
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Brent if you will look at history you will find that the winner or ruling class always has treated the losers or minorities in discriminating ways ..
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It counts for more than most human qualities and provides the fairest proxy for "merit" in discriminating among people.
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They enjoy keenly touching any soft pleasant surface, and become exceedingly keen in discriminating between the differences in the sandpaper cards.
The Montessori Method Anne E. Montessori George 1912
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