indiscrimination

[ in-di-skrim-uh-ney-shuhn ]

noun

1. an act or instance of not discriminating.
2. the quality or condition of being indiscriminate or of not discriminating; lack of discrimination.

Other Words From

• indis·crimi·native adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of indiscrimination¹

First recorded in 1640–50; in- ³ + discrimination

Example Sentences

We do not envy most of them their eternal martyrdom in marble, their pillory of indiscrimination.

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Now he can cease to "trouble heaven with his bootless cries" on the indiscrimination of death and the vanity of life.

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Let A be the original synthesis, or indiscrimination of vision and its sensations—of light and colours.

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Antonyms: indistinction, indiscrimination promiscuity, obscurity.

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