All 8 Uses of
discriminate
in
The Fountainhead
- We call the attention of the discriminating to the new Melton Building by Francon & Heyer.†
Chpt 1.4
- Thus a single man comes to represent, not a lone freak, but the multitude of all men together, to embody the reach of all aspirations in his own.... ...Those gifted with discrimination will be able to hear the message which Peter Keating addresses to us in the shape of the Cosmo-Slotnick Building, to see that the three simple, massive ground floors are the solid bulk of our working classes which support all of society;†
Chpt 2.3
- I don't suggest that as a rule except to the discriminating.†
Chpt 2.3 *
- His affection was golden, smooth and even, like a great expanse of sand; there was no wind of discrimination to raise dunes; the sands lay still and the sun stood high.†
Chpt 2.9
- Personal love is an act of discrimination, of preference.†
Chpt 2.11
- One day, he saw a lady waiting in a carriage at the curb; he knew she was a lady—his judgment on such matters was more acute than the discrimination of the Social Register; she was reading a book.†
Chpt 3.1
- The discriminating will see the social significance eloquent in the forms of this new architecture.†
Chpt 3.6
- In the opinion of this column his sentence should have been commuted in recognition of his artistic discrimination.†
Chpt 4.1 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(discriminate as in: suffered discrimination) to treat people of different groups differently -- especially unfair treatment due to race, religion or gender
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(2)
(discriminate as in: discriminating taste) to recognize or perceive differences -- especially fine distinctions