Definition
discriminative
adjective
- serving to distinguish or differentiate between things; showing the ability to recognize differences
- based on or showing prejudice; treating people unfairly because of their race, gender, or other characteristic
Usage: often used in legal and social contexts
Examples
- The test has good discriminative power because it clearly separates high-performing students from low-performing ones.
- Discriminative hiring practices are illegal in most countries.
- Dogs have a discriminative sense of smell that allows them to detect subtle odors.
- The new policy was criticized as discriminative against minority groups.
- A discriminative feature in machine learning helps the model tell different categories apart.
- The court ruled that the company's employment practices were discriminative.