单词 | discriminateness |
释义 | > as lemmasdiˈscriminateness diˈscriminateness n. the quality of being discriminate (in various senses). ΚΠ 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Discriminateness, distinguishingness. a1866 J. Grote Exam. Utilit. Philos. (1870) xii. 195 The discriminateness or settledness, with which moral notions present themselves to the mind. 1911 P. Geddes & J. A. Thomson Evolution v. 171 For when the younger or weaker candidates are killed,..there seems little reason to doubt the discriminateness of the elimination. 1999 Poetics Today 20 299 Lessing brings an Aristotelian discriminateness to bear upon a Plato-wide field of reference. < as lemmas |
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