discriminativeadj.

Brit.

/dᵻˈskrɪmᵻnətɪv/, U.S.

/dᵻˈskrɪməˌneɪdɪv/,

/dᵻˈskrɪmənədɪv/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin discrīmināt- , discrīmināre , -ive suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin discrīmināt-, past participial stem of discrīmināre discriminate v. + -ive suffix. Compare discriminatively adv.

1. That perceives or makes distinctions with accuracy; discerning.

a. Of a person, or a person's actions, speech, faculties, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [adjective]

subtlec1300

subtilea1450

judgemented1548

sundry1564

refined1574

discerning1583

respective1597

discernible1603

divisive1603

distinct1606

distinctional1607

discriminativea1638

distinctive1646

distinctial1648

discernable1650

discriminating1650

sagacious1650

discriminanta1656

dignoscitive1674

distinguishing1699

discriminate1743

discriminatory1745

diacritical1856

discriminational1918

a1638 J. Mede Diatribae (1642) 32 After the same manner were the Holy Ointment, and Holy Perfume or Incense to be sanctified by a discriminative, singular, appropriate usance of them.

1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme ii. ix. 81 Discriminative Providence that knew afore the nature and course of all things.

1704 Step to Oxf. 7 He was won't to have the Honour to be carried in Triumph for his Nice, Penetrating and Discriminative Faculty.

1785 T. Percival Speculations on Perceptive Power of Veg. 9 The discriminative power of instinct is always limited, and proceeds with a blind uniformity when put into exertion.

1805 J. Foster Ess. iv. i. 101 A more discriminative censure.

1865 J. S. Mill Exam. Hamilton's Philos. 222 Mr. Bain recognises two..modes of discriminative sensibility in the muscular sense.

1921 Forest Leaves 18 Aug. 15 (advt.) This shop affords the discriminative woman the opportunity of viewing the newest, the accepted modes in furs.

2011 A. M. B. de Groot Lang. & Cognition in Bilinguals & Multilinguals ii. 40/1 Infants' knowledge of their native language increases and this influences their discriminative ability regarding other languages.

b. In extended use, of an inanimate object, substance, process, etc.

ΚΠ

1826 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 34 317 Bombs and rockets are not discriminative.

1881 Eng. Mechanic 27 May 277/3 The..well-known discriminative power possessed by bichromatised gelatine of absorbing printers' ink in accordance with the action of the light upon it.

1919 Jrnl. Appl. Psychol. 3 121 The different tests will have weight directly in proportion to their discriminative value.

2000 Methods Enzymol. 319 446 Those methods..which are sufficiently discriminative to distinguish between mere UVB and complete UVB + UVA photoprotection.

2. Serving to distinguish or differentiate; constituting a distinction; distinctive, distinguishing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [adjective] > differentiating or distinctive

discretive?1490

differencing1603

differential1615

specificative1641

discriminating1642

discriminative1646

specializing1701

differentiating1794

diacritical1857

1646 H. Hammond Of Idolatry 27 A discriminative note betweene the worshippers of the one true, and the many false Deities.

a1676 M. Hale Judgm. True Relig. (1684) i. 11 This is made the discriminative Mark of a True Christian.

1701 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World I. ii. 40 A determinate Shape or Form belonging to the several Species of Creatures,..peculiar to them and discriminative of them.

1779 S. Johnson Dryden in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets III. 266 In the comparison of Homer and Virgil, the discriminative excellence of Homer is elevation and comprehension of thought.

1848 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 307 I must impose upon ours a name and discriminative mark.

1920 Homiletic Rev. 80 437/1 It devours the red corpuscles and thereby produces the discriminative characteristic of malarial fever.

1982 D. Baine Instr. Design for Special Educ. 217 Considerable subjectivity may be involved in determining whether or not an object possesses a particular discriminative quality.

3. Economics. Of a duty, tax, etc.: varying according to circumstances, differential; = discriminating adj. 3.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > [adjective] > types or schemes of taxation

ad valorem1772

progressive1792

discriminative1797

indirect1801

progressional1883

degressive1886

regressive1888

soak-the-rich1935

wraparound1968

1797 Parl. Reg. 1797–1802 I. 237 The quotas, therefore, ought to have been discriminative, and to have been regulated by the population of the different parishes.

1860 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 193/2 Birmingham and Sheffield cannot suppose that they will compete successfully against French goods on French soil under this discriminative tax.

1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 132 They [sc. the European trading leagues]..sealed their ports against fresh comers by heavy discriminative duties.

1922 Marine Rev. Feb. 67/1 While discriminative rates may have been justified in the past, the cause has been remedied by improved conditions.

2005 O. Sudoh Digital Econ. & Social Design i. 32 Appropriate investment can then be encouraged through discriminative tariffs, subsidies and finance.

4. Originally U.S. That treats a person or group in an unjust or prejudicial manner, esp. on the grounds of race, gender, sexual orientation, etc. Cf. discriminatory adj. 3.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social attitudes > [adjective] > discriminatory or inegalitarian

discriminative1837

discriminating1865

discriminatory1896

discriminational1918

supremist1941

supremacist1942

inegalitarian1961

1837 Philanthropist (Cincinnati) 21 July The propriety of repealing the discriminative laws concerning people of color, and securing to all the benefit of a Jury trial.

1888 P. H. Sheridan Personal Mem. II. x. 234 There at once began in Louisiana a system of discriminative legislation directed against the freedmen.

1921 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 538/1 They were unwilling to support a measure that was openly discriminative against Orientals who had come to this country in the past.

1989 in R. Graef Talking Blues vi. 202 They're very discriminative against women, but they don't know they are, which is the worst thing.

2013 Coventry Tel. (Nexis) 7 May (Sport section) 38 The..task force held its first meeting at FIFA's Zurich headquarters and focused primarily on the application of sanctions in cases of racist and discriminative acts.

Derivatives

diˈscriminativeness n.

ΚΠ

1831 Spectator 12 Nov. 1097/2 We are gratified by his praise, the more flattered on account of its discriminativeness.

1921 Jrnl. Educ. Psychol. 12 101 The enlargement of vocabulary, increase in discriminativeness in the use of words, and ability to read understandingly are surely the major purposes of English study of any sort.

2008 W. Mischel in Y. Shoda et al. Persons in Context xvi. 297 The discriminativeness and idiosyncratic organization of behavior are facts of nature.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	discriminative
释义	discriminativeadj. Brit. /dᵻˈskrɪmᵻnətɪv/, U.S. /dᵻˈskrɪməˌneɪdɪv/, /dᵻˈskrɪmənədɪv/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin discrīmināt- , discrīmināre , -ive suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin discrīmināt-, past participial stem of discrīmināre discriminate v. + -ive suffix. Compare discriminatively adv. 1. That perceives or makes distinctions with accuracy; discerning. a. Of a person, or a person's actions, speech, faculties, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [adjective] subtlec1300 subtilea1450 judgemented1548 sundry1564 refined1574 discerning1583 respective1597 discernible1603 divisive1603 distinct1606 distinctional1607 discriminativea1638 distinctive1646 distinctial1648 discernable1650 discriminating1650 sagacious1650 discriminanta1656 dignoscitive1674 distinguishing1699 discriminate1743 discriminatory1745 diacritical1856 discriminational1918 a1638 J. Mede Diatribae (1642) 32 After the same manner were the Holy Ointment, and Holy Perfume or Incense to be sanctified by a discriminative, singular, appropriate usance of them. 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme ii. ix. 81 Discriminative Providence that knew afore the nature and course of all things. 1704 Step to Oxf. 7 He was won't to have the Honour to be carried in Triumph for his Nice, Penetrating and Discriminative Faculty. 1785 T. Percival Speculations on Perceptive Power of Veg. 9 The discriminative power of instinct is always limited, and proceeds with a blind uniformity when put into exertion. 1805 J. Foster Ess. iv. i. 101 A more discriminative censure. 1865 J. S. Mill Exam. Hamilton's Philos. 222 Mr. Bain recognises two..modes of discriminative sensibility in the muscular sense. 1921 Forest Leaves 18 Aug. 15 (advt.) This shop affords the discriminative woman the opportunity of viewing the newest, the accepted modes in furs. 2011 A. M. B. de Groot Lang. & Cognition in Bilinguals & Multilinguals ii. 40/1 Infants' knowledge of their native language increases and this influences their discriminative ability regarding other languages. b. In extended use, of an inanimate object, substance, process, etc. ΚΠ 1826 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 34 317 Bombs and rockets are not discriminative. 1881 Eng. Mechanic 27 May 277/3 The..well-known discriminative power possessed by bichromatised gelatine of absorbing printers' ink in accordance with the action of the light upon it. 1919 Jrnl. Appl. Psychol. 3 121 The different tests will have weight directly in proportion to their discriminative value. 2000 Methods Enzymol. 319 446 Those methods..which are sufficiently discriminative to distinguish between mere UVB and complete UVB + UVA photoprotection. 2. Serving to distinguish or differentiate; constituting a distinction; distinctive, distinguishing. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [adjective] > differentiating or distinctive discretive?1490 differencing1603 differential1615 specificative1641 discriminating1642 discriminative1646 specializing1701 differentiating1794 diacritical1857 1646 H. Hammond Of Idolatry 27 A discriminative note betweene the worshippers of the one true, and the many false Deities. a1676 M. Hale Judgm. True Relig. (1684) i. 11 This is made the discriminative Mark of a True Christian. 1701 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World I. ii. 40 A determinate Shape or Form belonging to the several Species of Creatures,..peculiar to them and discriminative of them. 1779 S. Johnson Dryden in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets III. 266 In the comparison of Homer and Virgil, the discriminative excellence of Homer is elevation and comprehension of thought. 1848 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 307 I must impose upon ours a name and discriminative mark. 1920 Homiletic Rev. 80 437/1 It devours the red corpuscles and thereby produces the discriminative characteristic of malarial fever. 1982 D. Baine Instr. Design for Special Educ. 217 Considerable subjectivity may be involved in determining whether or not an object possesses a particular discriminative quality. 3. Economics. Of a duty, tax, etc.: varying according to circumstances, differential; = discriminating adj. 3. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > [adjective] > types or schemes of taxation ad valorem1772 progressive1792 discriminative1797 indirect1801 progressional1883 degressive1886 regressive1888 soak-the-rich1935 wraparound1968 1797 Parl. Reg. 1797–1802 I. 237 The quotas, therefore, ought to have been discriminative, and to have been regulated by the population of the different parishes. 1860 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 193/2 Birmingham and Sheffield cannot suppose that they will compete successfully against French goods on French soil under this discriminative tax. 1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 132 They [sc. the European trading leagues]..sealed their ports against fresh comers by heavy discriminative duties. 1922 Marine Rev. Feb. 67/1 While discriminative rates may have been justified in the past, the cause has been remedied by improved conditions. 2005 O. Sudoh Digital Econ. & Social Design i. 32 Appropriate investment can then be encouraged through discriminative tariffs, subsidies and finance. 4. Originally U.S. That treats a person or group in an unjust or prejudicial manner, esp. on the grounds of race, gender, sexual orientation, etc. Cf. discriminatory adj. 3. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > [adjective] > discriminatory or inegalitarian discriminative1837 discriminating1865 discriminatory1896 discriminational1918 supremist1941 supremacist1942 inegalitarian1961 1837 Philanthropist (Cincinnati) 21 July The propriety of repealing the discriminative laws concerning people of color, and securing to all the benefit of a Jury trial. 1888 P. H. Sheridan Personal Mem. II. x. 234 There at once began in Louisiana a system of discriminative legislation directed against the freedmen. 1921 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 538/1 They were unwilling to support a measure that was openly discriminative against Orientals who had come to this country in the past. 1989 in R. Graef Talking Blues vi. 202 They're very discriminative against women, but they don't know they are, which is the worst thing. 2013 Coventry Tel. (Nexis) 7 May (Sport section) 38 The..task force held its first meeting at FIFA's Zurich headquarters and focused primarily on the application of sanctions in cases of racist and discriminative acts. Derivatives diˈscriminativeness n. ΚΠ 1831 Spectator 12 Nov. 1097/2 We are gratified by his praise, the more flattered on account of its discriminativeness. 1921 Jrnl. Educ. Psychol. 12 101 The enlargement of vocabulary, increase in discriminativeness in the use of words, and ability to read understandingly are surely the major purposes of English study of any sort. 2008 W. Mischel in Y. Shoda et al. Persons in Context xvi. 297 The discriminativeness and idiosyncratic organization of behavior are facts of nature. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1638
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