#discrimination__secernment  the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished
  supertype:  basic_cognitive_process__basiccognitiveproces  cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge
  subtype:  differentiation.discrimination__distinction  a discrimination between things as different and distinct; "it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation"
     subtype:  contradistinction  a distinction drawn on the basis of contrast; "sculpture in contradistinction to painting"
     subtype:  dividing_line__line__demarcation  a conceptual separation or demarcation: "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity"
        subtype:  point_of_no_return__Rubicon  a line that when crossed permits of no return and typically results in irrevocable commitment
     subtype:  hairsplitting__word-splitting  making too fine distinctions of little importance; "they didn't take his hairsplitting seriously"
  subtype:  individualization__individuation  discriminating the individual from the generic group or species
  subtype:  taste.discrimination__appreciation__discernment__perceptivenes  delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values); "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste"
     subtype:  connoisseurship__vertu  love of or taste for fine objects of art
     subtype:  vogue__trend__style  the popular taste at a given time; "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own"
        subtype:  fashion.vogue  the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior
           subtype:  cult_of_personality  intense devotion to a particular person
           subtype:  cut.fashion  the style in which a garment is cut; "a dress of traditional cut"
           subtype:  haute_couture__hautecouture__high_fashion__high_style  trend-setting fashions
           subtype:  fad__craze__furor__furore__cult__rage  an interest followed with exaggerated zeal: "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season"
           subtype:  retro  a fashion reminiscent of the past
        subtype:  bandwagon.vogue  a popular trend that attracts growing support; "when they saw how things were going everybody jumped on the bandwagon"
     subtype:  delicacy__discretion  refined taste; tact
     subtype:  culture.taste  the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group
        subtype:  counterculture  a culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture
           subtype:  flower_power  a counterculture of young people in the US during the 1960s and 70s
        subtype:  mass_culture  the culture that is widely disseminated via the mass media
        subtype:  letters__letter  the literary culture; "this book shows American letters at its best"

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