† discretivenessn.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: discretive adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < discretive adj. + -ness suffix.

Obsolete. rare.

The quality or power of distinguishing or discerning.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [noun] > capacity for

distinctiveness1667

discretiveness1845

discriminability1880

1845 G. S. Faber Eight Diss. II. App. vii. 344 Even in a common writer of ordinary discretiveness.

1857 I. Taylor World of Mind xii. 164 Many instances, usually adduced in illustration of the discretiveness of the visual organ, belong rather to physiology than to the science of Mind.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	discretiveness
释义	† discretivenessn. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: discretive adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < discretive adj. + -ness suffix. Obsolete. rare. The quality or power of distinguishing or discerning. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [noun] > capacity for distinctiveness1667 discretiveness1845 discriminability1880 1845 G. S. Faber Eight Diss. II. App. vii. 344 Even in a common writer of ordinary discretiveness. 1857 I. Taylor World of Mind xii. 164 Many instances, usually adduced in illustration of the discretiveness of the visual organ, belong rather to physiology than to the science of Mind. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1845
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