selective

[si-lek-tiv]

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adjective

having the function or power of selecting; making a selection.

characterized by selection, especially fastidious selection.

of or pertaining to selection.

Electricity, Radio. having good selectivity.

Origin:
1615–25; select + -ive

Related forms

se·lec·tive·ly, adverb

se·lec·tive·ness, noun

non·se·lec·tive, adjective

un·se·lec·tive, adjective

Synonyms
2. discriminating, particular, discerning.

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selective (sɪˈlɛktɪv)

—*adj*
1.	of or characterized by selection
2.	tending to choose carefully or characterized by careful choice
3.	electronics occurring at, operating at, or capable of separating out a particular frequency or band of frequencies

se'lectively

—*adv*

se'lectiveness

—n

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"The artist, he imagined, standing in the position of mediator between the world of his experience and the world of his dreams—"a mediator, consequently gifted with twin faculties, a selective faculty and a reproductive faculty." To equate these faculties was the secret of artistic success: the artist who could disentangle the subtle soul of the image from its mesh of defining circumstances most exactly and "re-embody" it in artistic circumstances chosen as the most exact for it in its new office, he was the supreme artist."

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