discriminative Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite capable of making fine distinctions
    discriminatory.
  2. adjective satellite expressing careful judgment
    judicial.
    • discriminative censure
    • a biography ...appreciative and yet judicial in purpose"-Tyler Dennett

WordNet

Dis*crim"i*na*tive adjective
Definitions
  1. Marking a difference; distinguishing; distinctive; characteristic.
    That peculiar and discriminative form of life. Johnson.
  2. Observing distinctions; making differences; discriminating. "Discriminative censure." J. Foster. "Discriminative Providence." Dr. H. More.

Webster 1913