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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Discriminative \Dis*crim"i*na*tive\, adjective
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
discriminative
adjective
1: capable of making fine distinctions [syn: {discriminatory}]
2: expressing careful judgment; "discriminative censure"; "a biography ...appreciative and yet judicial in purpose"-Tyler Dennett [syn: {judicial}]
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