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description  A discriminator is needed to apply inheritance for creating a generalization/Specialization Hierarchy using subtypes and supertypes.

Example: The discriminator between men and women is the gender.

Please note that it is not necessarily discriminating to make a distinction accoring to gender. Only if the discriminator is applied in a context where the difference is or should not be relevant is this a discrimination. This note might help you to remember what a discriminator is

references  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genus%E2%80%93differentia_definition
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