selective

[ si-lek-tiv ]

/ sɪˈlɛk tɪv /

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adjective

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

characterized by selection, especially fastidious selection.

of or relating to selection.

Electricity, Radio. having good selectivity.

Origin of selective

First recorded in 1615–25; select + -ive

SYNONYMS FOR selective

2 discriminating, particular, discerning.

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OTHER WORDS FROM selective

se·lec·tive·ly, adverb se·lec·tive·ness, noun non·se·lec·tive, adjective un·se·lec·tive, adjective

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Liberals are outraged over the Steven Scalise scandal—but the left has selective amnesia.

Reverend Jeremiah Wright Was Worse Than Scalise |Ron Christie |January 2, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
Justice should not be selective to fit a political narrative when the facts and evidence prove otherwise.

It’s Time to Hold Protesters Accountable |Ron Christie |December 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But a drug like lamotrigine is not selective, and so it also affects the behavior of the rest of the temporal lobe.

The Seizure Medication That Turns You Into a Poet |Cat Ferguson |September 12, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Whether or not guayusa is a product of selective breeding, the Kichwa have learned to harness its power.

Bye Bye Latté, Hello Guayusa: Why The Amazon Holds the Secret to a Cleaner, Healthier Caffeine |Brandon Presser |August 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

The weakness of any case becomes clear when the logic used to make the arguments is strained, selective and irrelevant.

The Crazy Way Creationists Try To Explain Human Tails Without Evolution |Karl W. Giberson |June 1, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
A selective death-rate in man can not only be demonstrated but it can be actually measured.

Applied Eugenics |Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill Johnson
Besides, we have an indirect proof of this in the very results of selective processes as, until now, they are practised.

Abstracts of Papers Read at the First International Eugenics Congress |Various
Cadigan Exhibit No. 21 includes the selective service registration certificate we have been discussing, is that correct?

Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15) |The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Curiosity is selective, going out only toward those things in which the life is interested.

Training the Teacher |A. F. Schauffler
It is difficult to test these possibilities because the selective value of the taxonomic characters is unknown.

Subspeciation in the Meadow Mouse, Microtus montanus, in Wyoming and Colorado |Sydney Anderson

British Dictionary definitions for selective

selective

/ (sɪˈlɛktɪv) /

adjective

of or characterized by selection

tending to choose carefully or characterized by careful choice

electronics occurring at, operating at, or capable of separating out a particular frequency or band of frequencies

Derived forms of selective

selectively, adverb selectiveness, noun

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