choosiness
Being overly selective
Choosiness is the quality of being selective or picky about what one accepts.
It implies having standards and being unwilling to settle: Her choosiness about restaurants makes it hard to pick a place for dinner.
The word can suggest admirable discernment or excessive fussiness, depending on context.
Excessively selective or particular
- fussyExcessively particular
- finickyExcessively particular, hard to satisfy
- fastidiousExcessively attentive to detail
- particularSpecific or fussy
persnickety · nitpicky · exacting · demanding · hard-to-please · overparticular · squeamish · quibbling
Reasoned decision-making capacity
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
- criteriaStandards for judgment
- tasteFlavor perception ability
perception · acumen · insight · astuteness · prudence · judiciousness · sagacity · wisdom
Unfair favor toward some
- predilectionPreexisting preference or bias
- inclinationDisposition toward something
- fondnessWarm liking or affection
- affinityNatural liking or attraction
penchant · leaning · proclivity · bias · favoritism · taste · liking · propensity
picky
Excessively selective or particular
- fussyExcessively particular
- finickyExcessively particular, hard to satisfy
- fastidiousExcessively attentive to detail
particular · persnickety · nitpicky · exacting · demanding · hard-to-please · overparticular · squeamish · quibbling · hypercritical
judgment
Reasoned decision-making capacity
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
- criteriaStandards for judgment
taste · perception · acumen · insight · astuteness · prudence · judiciousness · sagacity · wisdom · evaluation
partiality
Unfair favor toward some
- predilectionPreexisting preference or bias
- inclinationDisposition toward something
- fondnessWarm liking or affection
affinity · penchant · leaning · proclivity · bias · favoritism · taste · liking · propensity · tendency
- fussinessfussiness, pickiness, picky, nitpicky, persnickety
- selectivityselectivity, pickiness, discernment, fastidiousness, fussiness
- mating traitssexual selection, courtship, plumage, antlers, ornamentation
choosinessindiscriminateness
Absence of careful selection
acceptance · open-mindedness · flexibility · permissiveness · tolerance
choosinessadventurousness
Eagerness for risky pursuits
willingness · open-mindedness · receptiveness · broad-mindedness · eclecticism
choosinessindiscriminateness
Absence of careful selection
laxness · permissiveness · carelessness · thoughtlessness · randomness
choice, choose, chosen, choosing, choosy, chose, chooses, choices, chooser