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discriminating

Someone discriminating has fine-grained judgment and can tell, for example, the difference between pretty good cookies and incredibly great cookies — a valuable skill.

There are many areas of life where being discriminating can help you. A discriminating TV watcher will only watch the best shows, while someone undiscriminating will watch anything that's on. When eating, being discriminating is especially useful: why eat food that's badly prepared or unhealthy if you don't have to? A discriminating person can pick up on the small differences between things and use those differences to make better choices. We should all try to be more discriminating.

DEFINITIONS OF: discriminating

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adj showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste

“the discriminating eye of the connoisseur”
Synonyms
discerning
having or revealing keen insight and good judgment
discriminate
marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions
appreciative
having or showing appreciation or a favorable critical judgment or opinion
diacritic, diacritical
capable of distinguishing
discerning
able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive
discriminative, discriminatory
capable of making fine distinctions
eclectic
selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
good
generally admired
selective
tending to select; characterized by careful choice
Antonyms:
indiscriminating, undiscriminating
not discriminating
indiscriminate
not marked by fine distinctions
indiscriminate
failing to make or recognize distinctions
scattershot
covering a wide range in a haphazard way
unperceptive
lacking sensitivity, taste, or judgment
unselective
not selective or discriminating
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adj having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

Synonyms:
acute, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp
perceptive
having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment
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