discrimination
an act or instance of discriminating, or of making a distinction.
treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than on individual merit: racial and religious intolerance and discrimination.
the power of making fine distinctions; discriminating judgment: She chose the colors with great discrimination.
Archaic. something that serves to differentiate.
Origin of discrimination
1Other words for discrimination
Other words from discrimination
- dis·crim·i·na·tion·al, adjective
- an·ti·dis·crim·i·na·tion, adjective
- non·dis·crim·i·na·tion, noun
- pre·dis·crim·i·na·tion, noun
- self-dis·crim·i·na·tion, noun
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How to use discrimination in a sentence
In Scandinavian countries this discrimination has been dramatically reduced.
How Good Dads Can Change the World | Gary Barker, PhD, Michael Kaufman | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTBut most of this gap, say the researchers who carried out the study, is due to discrimination.
How Good Dads Can Change the World | Gary Barker, PhD, Michael Kaufman | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter the Iranian Revolution, discrimination took on a sectarian flavor.
The Dangerous Drug-Funded Secret War Between Iran and Pakistan | Umar Farooq | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn 2013, with help from corporations, the federal Employment Non-discrimination Act finally passed in the Senate.
And as bad as it might be for gay or lesbian people, the discrimination is markedly worse for transgender people.
State of LGBT Rights: Married on Sunday, but Fired on Monday | Gene Robinson | December 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
If we had shot 'em without discrimination, the cowards would have got bold, seein' that they weren't safer in rear than in front.
Let the student continue this comparison till he attains very nearly the brevity and discrimination displayed by Mr. Killick.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)In selecting him for this important post Napoleon showed that power of discrimination which contributed so greatly to his success.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonDividends must be distributed among the stockholders without unjust discrimination.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesThe Unemployed Workmen Act carries this contrary policy of discrimination according to merit into the class of the able-bodied.
English Poor Law Policy | Sidney Webb
British Dictionary definitions for discrimination
/ (dɪˌskrɪmɪˈneɪʃən) /
unfair treatment of a person, racial group, minority, etc; action based on prejudice
subtle appreciation in matters of taste
the ability to see fine distinctions and differences
electronics the selection of a signal having a particular frequency, amplitude, phase, etc, effected by the elimination of other signals by means of a discriminator
Derived forms of discrimination
- discriminational, adjective
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