Both Uses of
discriminate
in
Frankenstein
- My temper was sometimes violent, and my passions vehement; but by some law in my temperature they were turned not towards childish pursuits but to an eager desire to learn, and not to learn all things indiscriminately.
Chpt 2indiscriminately = without preference for one over anotherstandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in indiscriminately means not and reverses the meaning of discriminately. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- I read with ardour those works, so full of genius and discrimination, which modern inquirers have written on these subjects.
Chpt 4 *discrimination = ability to recognize fine distinctions
Definition:
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(discriminate as in: discriminating taste) to recognize or perceive differences -- especially fine distinctions