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Discrimination

Discrimination Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Discrimination? [n] unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice [n] the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished Synonyms \| Synonyms for Discrimination: favoritism \| favouritism \| secernment Related Terms \| Find terms related to Discrimination: acquired taste \| acumen \| adjudgment \| adjudication \| aestheticism \| alteration \| analysis \| anatomization \| anti-Semitism \| apartheid \| appreciation of excellence \| appropriateness \| arbitrament \| arbitration \| astuteness \| atomization \| Atticism \| bias \| bigotry \| black power \| black supremacy \| censoriousness \| change \| chasteness \| chastity \| chauvinism \| choice \| choiceness \| choosiness \| circumspection \| circumspectness \| civilized taste \| civilizedness \| clarity \| class consciousness \| class distinction \| class hatred \| class prejudice \| class war \| classicalism \| classicism \| clearness \| color bar \| color line \| comeliness \| connoisseurship \| conscientiousness \| consideration \| cool judgment \| correctness \| criticalness \| cultivated taste \| cultivation \| culture \| daintiness \| deeming \| delicacy \| demarcation \| desynonymization \| differencing \| differentiation \| dignity \| directness \| discernment \| discreetness \| discretion \| discriminatingness \| discriminativeness \| disequalization \| disjunction \| distinction \| distinguishment \| diversification \| division \| ease \| eclecticism \| elegance \| elegancy \| excellence \| fascism \| fastidiousness \| favoritism \| felicitousness \| felicity \| finesse \| finish \| fittingness \| flow \| flowing periods \| fluency \| good judgment \| good taste \| grace \| gracefulness \| gracility \| graciosity \| graciousness \| inclination \| individualization \| individuation \| inequality \| inequity \| insight \| interest \| intolerance \| involvement \| Jim Crow \| Jim Crow law \| judgement \| judging \| judgment \| judicature \| judiciousness \| keenness \| know-nothingism \| leaning \| limpidity \| lucidity \| male chauvinist \| meticulousness \| minority prejudice \| modification \| naturalness \| neatness \| nepotism \| niceness \| nicety \| one-sidedness \| parti pris \| partiality \| particularity \| particularization \| particularness \| partisanism \| partisanship \| pellucidity \| penetration \| perception \| perceptiveness \| percipience \| perfectionism \| personalization \| perspicacity \| perspicuity \| picking and choosing \| plainness \| policy \| polish \| polity \| preciseness \| precisianism \| precision \| preference \| preferential treatment \| prejudice \| priggishness \| propriety \| providence \| prudence \| prudentialism \| prudishness \| punctilio \| punctiliousness \| purism \| puritanism \| purity \| quality \| race hatred \| race prejudice \| race snobbery \| racial discrimination \| racialism \| racism \| red-baiting \| refinement \| reflection \| reflectiveness \| restraint \| scrupulosity \| scrupulousness \| seemliness \| segregation \| selectiveness \| selectivity \| sense \| sensitivity \| separation \| severalization \| severance \| sex discrimination \| sexism \| shrewdness \| simplicity \| smoothness \| social barrier \| social discrimination \| sophistication \| sound judgment \| soundness of judgment \| specialization \| straightforwardness \| strictness \| subtlety \| superpatriotism \| taste \| tastefulness \| terseness \| thoughtfulness \| ultranationalism \| unaffectedness \| undetachment \| undispassionateness \| unfairness \| unneutrality \| variation \| weighing \| white power \| white supremacy \| wit \| xenophobia See Also \| able-bodiedism \| able-bodism \| ableism \| ablism \| ageism \| agism \| appreciation \| basic cognitive process \| croneyism \| cronyism \| differentiation \| discernment \| distinction \| fatism \| fattism \| heterosexism \| individualisation \| individualization \| individuation \| nepotism \| perceptiveness \| racial discrimination \| racialism \| racism \| sexism \| social control \| taste Discrimination In Webster's Dictionary \Discrim`ina"tion\, n. [L. discriminatio the contrasting of opposite thoughts.] 1. The act of discriminating, distinguishing, or noting and marking differences. To make an anxious discrimination between the miracle absolute and providential. --Trench. 2. The state of being discriminated, distinguished, or set apart. --Sir J. Reynolds. 3. (Railroads) The arbitrary imposition of unequal tariffs for substantially the same service. A difference in rates, not based upon any corresponding difference in cost, constitutes a case of discrimination. --A. T. Hadley. 4. The quality of being discriminating; faculty of nicely distinguishing; acute discernment; as, to show great discrimination in the choice of means. 5. That which discriminates; mark of distinction. Syn: Discernment; penetration; clearness; acuteness; judgment; distinction. See {Discernment}.

Discrimination Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Discrimination?

[n] unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice
[n] the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished

Synonyms | Synonyms for Discrimination: favoritism | favouritism | secernment

Discrimination In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis*crim`i*na"tion\, n. [L. discriminatio the
contrasting of opposite thoughts.]
1. The act of discriminating, distinguishing, or noting and
   marking differences.

         To make an anxious discrimination between the
         miracle absolute and providential.    --Trench.

2. The state of being discriminated, distinguished, or set
   apart. --Sir J. Reynolds.

3. (Railroads) The arbitrary imposition of unequal tariffs
   for substantially the same service.

         A difference in rates, not based upon any
         corresponding difference in cost, constitutes a case
         of discrimination.                    --A. T.
                                               Hadley.

4. The quality of being discriminating; faculty of nicely
   distinguishing; acute discernment; as, to show great
   discrimination in the choice of means.

5. That which discriminates; mark of distinction.

Syn: Discernment; penetration; clearness; acuteness;
     judgment; distinction. See {Discernment}.

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