discriminative

[ dih-skrim-uh-ney-tiv, -nuh-tiv ]

adjective

1. constituting a particular quality, trait, or difference; characteristic; notable.
2. making distinctions; discriminating. discriminating.
3. discriminatory ( def 1 ).

Other Words From

• dis·crimi·native·ly adverb
• nondis·crimi·native adjective
• nondis·crimi·native·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of discriminative¹

First recorded in 1630–40; discriminate + -ive

Example Sentences

They plug the generative model into standard statistical formulas to directly construct a classifier instead of learning it from samples, as was done with discriminative approaches.

From Science Daily

Moreover, it promotes the use of more comprehensive and discriminative features.

From Science Daily

France’s marginalized suburbs and the people of color who live there have long suffered from brutal or discriminative police interventions.

From New York Times

She accused the U.N. council of being “discriminative and rude” because it only takes issue with the North’s satellite launches while thousands of satellites launched by other countries are already operating in space.

From Seattle Times

The alternative is “discriminative” AI, which chooses between a fixed number of options and produces just a single number.

From Scientific American