Definition of "selectivity" [selectivity]

• The state or quality of being selective. (noun)
• The degree to which an electronic receiver is selective. (noun)

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• "In summary, selectivity is key to managing risk right now."
• "Tim - yeah, selectivity is definitely good to practice"
• "In this scramble selectivity is "the coin of the realm," as one admissions officer put it to The Atlantic last year."