The eyes themselves can become selective, ignoring part of what is there, and the brain sometimes insists on seeing things that don't exist at all.
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Selective
/səˈlɛktɪv/
Synonyms for "selective" (127 found)
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Adjective(12 words)
discerningdiscriminatingdomesticated animalselite learnersexclusive accessexclusive featureexclusive responsibilityexclusive rightsexclusive schoolexclusive termfilteredinvite-only
discriminatediscriminatingdiscriminativediscriminatorydistinctivedistinguishingeclecticelectelectiveelectoralethnocentricexactexactingexceptionalexcludingexclusiveexclusoryfastidiousfineinadmissible
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Noun(5 words)
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Adjective(11 words)
limited infrastructurepartial energy budgetparticularpickierpickiestrestrictedselection-basedsemiprivatestrategic descriptortargetedtargeted segment
Noun(16 words)
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6 entriesselective admissionselective attentionselective enrollmentselective readingselective samplingselective testing
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6 entriesselective attentionselective breedingselective enrollmentselective memoryselective readingselective screening
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15 total sentences available.
Natural selection has similarities to selective breeding, but it happens by itself and over a much longer period of time.
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The way to protect yourself and your family from being adversely affected by television is to be more selective of the programmes you watch.
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Our department has about one hundred postgraduate students, but entry is highly selective.
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