discrimination
- noun1 treating a person/group unfairlyADJECTIVE▪ gender, sex, sexual, sexual-orientation (esp. AmE)▪ age, class, race, racial▪ religious, social▪ disability▪ pregnancy (esp. AmE)▪ viewpoint (AmE)▪
the First Amendment's ban on viewpoint discrimination
▪ widespread▪There is widespread discrimination against doctors of Asian origin.
▪ active, blatant, direct, overt▪evidence of active discrimination against black workers
▪ subtle▪ intentional▪ direct, indirect (both BrE)▪ perceived▪ positive (BrE), reverse (AmE)▪positive discrimination in favour of disadvantaged racial groups
▪They claim to be the victims of reverse discrimination.
▪ illegal, unlawful▪Overt sex or race discrimination is illegal.
▪ legal▪ employment, job, workplace (esp. AmE)▪ housing (AmE)▪ government, institutional, institutionalized▪institutionalized discrimination against women in the police
… OF DISCRIMINATION▪ level▪Levels of discrimination against recent immigrants are high.
VERB + DISCRIMINATION▪ amount to, constitute▪Racist remarks by an employer to an employee can amount to unlawful discrimination.
▪ encounter, experience, face, suffer, suffer from▪Many disabled people suffer discrimination at work.
▪ practise/practice▪ allege, claim▪lawsuits alleging discrimination
▪ be opposed to, combat, fight▪ ban, bar (esp. AmE), forbid, outlaw, prohibit▪ eliminate, end, stopDISCRIMINATION + VERB▪ occur▪The discrimination occurred at the shortlisting stage, not the interviews.
▪ exist▪Does racial discrimination still exist in the workplace?
PREPOSITION▪ discrimination against▪discrimination against women
▪ discrimination by▪discrimination by age/race
▪ discrimination in favour/favor of▪Some companies practise discrimination in favour of older people. (BrE)
▪Some companies practice discrimination in favor of older people. (AmE)
▪ discrimination on the grounds of▪It's time we banned discrimination on the grounds of age.
PHRASES▪ an act of discrimination▪ discrimination based on sth▪discrimination based on sexuality
▪ evidence of discrimination▪ a form of discrimination▪ racial and ethnic discrimination (AmE)▪The law now prohibits racial and ethnic discrimination.
▪ a victim of discrimination2 ability to recognize differencesADJECTIVE▪ fine, great▪ colour/colorVERB + DISCRIMINATION▪ make▪Young children find it difficult to make fine discriminations.
▪ show▪She showed great discrimination in rejecting the poor quality teas.
PREPOSITION▪ discrimination between▪discrimination between right and wrong
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discrimination — [ diskriminasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1870; lat. discriminatio « séparation » 1 ♦ Psychol. Action de distinguer l un de l autre (des objets de pensée concrets). ⇒ distinction. Littér. Action de discerner, de distinguer les choses les unes des autres avec… … Encyclopédie Universelle
discrimination — I (bigotry) noun bias, blind zeal, class prejudice, favoritism, illiberality, intolerance, opinionativeness, preference, prejudice, race hatred, race prejudice, racialism, racism, unfairness, want of forbearance associated concepts: blacklist,… … Law dictionary
discrimination — di‧scrim‧i‧na‧tion [dɪˌskrɪmˈneɪʆn] noun [uncountable] 1. ECONOMICS the process of treating one market, country, type of product etc differently from another: • the discrimination in favour of imported wine when it comes to excise duty ˈprice… … Financial and business terms
DISCRIMINATION — DISCRIMINATION, distinguishing between people on the basis of the group to which the person belongs rather than individual characteristics. With rare exceptions, contemporary forms of discrimination against Jews were not based upon the type of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Discrimination — Dis*crim i*na tion, n. [L. discriminatio the contrasting of opposite thoughts.] 1. The act of discriminating, distinguishing, or noting and marking differences. [1913 Webster] To make an anxious discrimination between the miracle absolute and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
discrimination — 1640s, the making of distinctions, from L.L. discriminationem (nom. discriminatio), noun of action from pp. stem of discriminare (see DISCRIMINATE (Cf. discriminate)). Especially in a prejudicial way, based on race, 1866, Amer.Eng. Meaning… … Etymology dictionary
discrimination — [n1] bias bigotry, favoritism, hatred, inequity, injustice, intolerance, partiality, prejudice, unfairness, wrong; concepts 29,689 Ant. fairness, tolerance discrimination [n2] particularity in taste acumen, acuteness, astucity, astuteness, bias,… … New thesaurus
discrimination — penetration, insight, *discernment, perception, acumen Analogous words: wisdom, judgment, *sense: subtlety, logicalness or logic (see corresponding adjectives at LOGICAL) Contrasted words: crassness, density, dullness, slowness, stupidity (see… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
discrimination — ► NOUN 1) the action of discriminating against people. 2) recognition of the difference between one thing and another. 3) good judgement or taste … English terms dictionary
discrimination — [di skrim΄i nā′shən] n. [L discriminatio] 1. the act of discriminating, or distinguishing differences 2. the ability to make or perceive distinctions; perception; discernment 3. a) partiality, or bias, in the treatment of a person or group, which … English World dictionary
Discrimination — This article focuses on discrimination in sociology, not statistical discrimination. For other uses of the term, see the entry for discrimination at Wiktionary. Part of a series on … Wikipedia
