discrimination

CEFRB1

/dɪskɹɪmɪˈneɪʃən/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Unfair treatment based on a person's group or identity.

  2. 02

    noun

    The ability to recognize differences between things.

Examples

  • That week had nothing to do with discrimination.

  • The company has a strict policy against discrimination in the workplace.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • /dɪskɹɪm.əˈnæɪʃən/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Differential treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage; treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit; partiality; prejudice; bigotry.

  2. The quality of being discriminating; acute discernment, especially in matters of good taste.

  3. Discernment, the act of discriminating, discerning, distinguishing, noting or perceiving differences between things, with the intent to understand rightly and make correct decisions.

More examples

In context

  • We shall continue our efforts to eradicate racial discrimination.

  • The state, in the exercise of its general power to prescribe rules of evidence, may provide that proof of a particular fact, or of several facts taken collectively, shall be prima facie evidence of another fact when there is some rational connection between t...

  • sexual or racial discrimination

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Learned borrowing from Latin discrīminātiō, discrīminātiōnem, the action noun to discrīminō, discrīmināre (“distinguish”). Equivalent to discriminate + -ion. In English use from the 17th century.