choosiness
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choosiness — choosy ► ADJECTIVE (choosier, choosiest) informal ▪ excessively fastidious in making a choice. DERIVATIVES choosiness noun … English terms dictionary
choosiness — See choosy. * * * … Universalium
choosiness — n. selectiveness, quality of being discriminating, fussiness … English contemporary dictionary
choosy — choosiness, n. /chooh zee/, adj., choosier, choosiest. hard to please, particular; fastidious, esp. in making a selection: She s too choosy about food. [1860 65, Amer.; CHOOSE + Y1] * * * … Universalium
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discrimination — Synonyms and related words: Atticism, Jim Crow, Jim Crow law, acquired taste, acumen, adjudgment, adjudication, aestheticism, alteration, analysis, anatomization, anti Semitism, apartheid, appreciation of excellence, appropriateness, arbitrament … Moby Thesaurus
