Word Meanings - DISCRIMINATIVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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

Additional info about word: DISCRIMINATIVE

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.

Related words: (words related to DISCRIMINATIVE)

• PECULIARIZE
  To make peculiar; to set appart or assign, as an exclusive possession. Dr. John Smith.
• MAKE AND BREAK
  Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker.
• CHARACTERISTIC
  Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive. Characteristic clearness of temper. Macaulay.
• MARKETABLENESS
  Quality of being marketable.
• MAKING-IRON
  A tool somewhat like a chisel with a groove in it, used by calkers of ships to finish the seams after the oakum has been driven in.
• CENSURER
  One who censures. Sha.
• OBSERVANCY
  Observance.
• MARKETER
  One who attends a market to buy or sell; one who carries goods to market.
• MARKETSTEAD
  A market place. Drayton.
• DISTINCTIVENESS
  State of being distinctive.
• MARK
  A license of reprisals. See Marque.
• PECULIARNESS
  The quality or state of being peculiar; peculiarity. Mede.
• DISCRIMINATENESS
  The state of being discriminated; distinctness.
• DISTINCTIVE
  1. Marking or expressing distinction or difference; distinguishing; characteristic; peculiar. The distinctive character and institutions of New England. Bancroft. 2. Having the power to distinguish and discern; discriminating. Sir T. Browne.
• OBSERVANTLY
  In an observant manner.
• MARKSMAN
  One who makes his mark, instead of writing his name, in signing documents. Burrill. (more info) 1. One skillful to hit a mark with a missile; one who shoots well.
• MARKABLE
  Remarkable. Sandys.
• MARKIS
  A marquis. Chaucer.
• JOHNSONIANISM
  A manner of acting or of writing peculiar to, or characteristic of, Dr. Johnson.
• JOHNSONESE
  The literary style of Dr. Samuel Johnson, or one formed in imitation of it; an inflated, stilted, or pompous style, affecting classical words. E. Everett.
• CONTRADISTINGUISH
  To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities. These are our complex ideas of soul and body, as contradistinguished. Locke.
• SEAMARK
  Any elevated object on land which serves as a guide to mariners; a beacon; a landmark visible from the sea, as a hill, a tree, a steeple, or the like. Shak.
• TRADE-MARK
  A peculiar distinguishing mark or device affixed by a manufacturer or a merchant to his goods, the exclusive right of using which is recognized by law.
• MANTUAMAKER
  One who makes dresses, cloaks, etc., for women; a dressmaker.
• INDISTINGUISHABLE
  Not distinguishable; not capable of being perceived, known, or discriminated as separate and distinct; hence, not capable of being perceived or known; as, in the distance the flagship was indisguishable; the two copies were indisguishable in form
• BOOTMAKER
  One who makes boots. -- Boot"mak`ing, n.
• BOOKMARK
  Something placed in a book to guide in finding a particular page or passage; also, a label in a book to designate the owner; a bookplate.
• COMMARK
  The frontier of a country; confines. Shelton.
• REMARKER
  One who remarks.
• BRICKMAKER
  One whose occupation is to make bricks. -- Brick"mak*ing, n.
• FOOTMARK
  A footprint; a track or vestige. Coleridge.
• MISOBSERVE
  To observe inaccurately; to mistake in observing. Locke.
• SWANMARK
  A mark of ownership cut on the bill or swan. Encyc. Brit.
• NEWMARKET
  A long, closely fitting cloak.