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discrimination
[ dih-skrim-uh-ney-shuhn ]
noun
- 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.
Synonyms: , , ,
- Archaic. something that serves to differentiate.
discrimination
/ ɪˌɪɪˈԱɪʃə /
noun
- 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
- 徱ˌˈԲپDzԲ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- 徱·i·ԲtDz· adjective
- t·徱·i·ԲtDz adjective
- ԴDzd·i·ԲtDz noun
- d·i·ԲtDz noun
- -徱·i·ԲtDz noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of discrimination1
Example Sentences
A third “evidently directs investigations of educational institutions to focus on racial discrimination against white applicants,” they added.
One of his early cases was defending a Latina professor who challenged tenure discrimination at her school.
Last year, Kneecap won a discrimination case against the UK government after Badenoch withdrew arts funding for the band, in a move which was deemed "unlawful".
Trump's February order also opened the door for Afrikaaners to be admitted to the US as refugees, describing them as "victims of unjust racial discrimination".
She added that the guidance put trans people at risk of discrimination, especially in workplaces, and "seems to fly in face of the strong tradition of tolerance we have in Britain".
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