discriminative
gb/dɪskɹˈɪmənɪtɪv/ us/dɪskɹˈɪmənɪtɪv/
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adjective
technical
C1
property
1
Able to distinguish differences
good at showing the difference between similar things or groups
Tipar de utilizare:
discriminative [ability/power/feature/test/response]
Greșeală frecventă:
Do not usually use discriminative to mean unfair; discriminatory is the normal word for unfair treatment.
Sinonime
distinguishing (emphasizes showing what makes something different)
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differentiating (often used when separating categories or types)
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distinctive (describes a feature that marks something as different)
Antonime
nondiscriminative (does not effectively distinguish between things)
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indiscriminate (does not make careful distinctions; may suggest randomness)
Colocații
discriminative ability
|discriminative power
|discriminative feature
|discriminative capacity
|discriminative function
|discriminative cue
|discriminative response
|discriminative information
|highly discriminative
|more discriminative
Teme
research
|psychology
|statistics
|technology
Exemple
- The algorithm uses the most discriminative features to tell the two species apart.
- This exam question has little discriminative power because almost every student answers it correctly.
- The study measured infants' discriminative responses to familiar and unfamiliar speech sounds.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- The test is discriminative because it separates strong readers from weak readers.
- Color was the most discriminative clue.
adjective
formal
C2
property
2
Unfairly treating groups differently
unfair to a person or group because of who they are
Tipar de utilizare:
discriminative [policy/practice/rule] against [someone/a group]
Greșeală frecventă:
Discriminatory is much more common and more natural than discriminative for this meaning.
Sinonime
discriminatory (the usual and preferred word in modern English)
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prejudiced (emphasizes biased attitudes behind the treatment)
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biased (emphasizes unfair preference or disadvantage)
Antonime
fair (treats people equally and justly)
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nondiscriminatory (specifically means not involving unfair discrimination)
Colocații
discriminative policy
|discriminative practice
|discriminative rule
|discriminative treatment
|discriminative effect
Teme
society
|law
|workplace
|rights
Exemple
- The policy was challenged as discriminative because it treated unmarried partners differently.
- Several parents described the admissions rule as discriminative against children with disabilities.
- The company removed a discriminative requirement from the job advertisement.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- The rule was discriminative against older workers.
Gramatică
Forma de dicționar
discriminative
IPA
GB/dɪskɹˈɪmənɪtɪv/
US/dɪskɹˈɪmənɪtɪv/
Silabe și accent
dis - crim - in - at - ive (5 silabe)
Stress on 2nd syllable (crim)
Forme ale cuvântului
Adjective
- Base: discriminative
- Comparative: discriminativer
- Superlative: discriminativest
Expresii
discriminative feature
1/dɪskɹˈɪmənɪtɪv fˈit͡ʃɚ/
fixed phrase
technical
Feature that separates categories
a feature that helps you tell one group from another
Exemple
- Wing shape was a discriminative feature in the species classifier.
- The analysis found that vowel length was one of the most discriminative features.
- Price alone was not a discriminative feature because the products cost almost the same.
discriminative model
1/dɪskɹˈɪmənɪtɪv mˈɑdəl/
fixed phrase
technical
Classifier learning category boundaries
a computer model that learns how to separate things into groups
Exemple
- Logistic regression is often described as a discriminative model.
- The team chose a discriminative model because they only needed accurate classification, not simulated data.
- Generative models estimate how data are produced; discriminative models focus on separating labels.
discriminative power
1/dɪskɹˈɪmənɪtɪv pˈaʊɚ/
fixed phrase
technical
Ability to tell apart
how well something can show the difference between groups or cases
Exemple
- The blood test had high discriminative power for distinguishing the two infections.
- Items that all students answered correctly added little discriminative power to the exam.
- Researchers compared the discriminative power of several risk scores.
discriminative stimulus
1/dɪskɹˈɪmənɪtɪv stˈɪmjələs/
fixed phrase
technical
Cue signaling consequences
a signal that tells an animal or person that a behavior may be rewarded or have a consequence
Exemple
- For the lab rat, the light became a discriminative stimulus for pressing the lever.
- A green traffic light can function as a discriminative stimulus because it signals that driving forward is permitted.