Definitions of Discrimination [ɪˌskrɪm əˈneɪ ʃən]

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Definition of 'Discrimination'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) discrimination
an act or instance of discriminating.

2. discrimination
action or policies based on prejudice or partiality:
racial discrimination.

3. discrimination
the power of making fine distinctions; discriminating judgment.

Etymology: (1640–50; < L)

Definition of 'Discrimination'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) discrimination, favoritism, favouritism
unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice

2. (noun) discrimination, secernment
the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished

Definition of 'Discrimination'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) discrimination
unfair treatment because of race, religion, etc.; = prejudice
sex discrimination

Definition of 'Discrimination'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Discrimination
the act of discriminating, distinguishing, or noting and marking differences

2. (noun) Discrimination
the state of being discriminated, distinguished, or set apart

3. (noun) Discrimination
the arbitrary imposition of unequal tariffs for substantially the same service

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

5. (noun) Discrimination
that which discriminates; mark of distinction

Translation of 'Discrimination'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (often with against ) to treat a certain kind of people differently He was accused of discriminating against women employees.
Afrikaans: diskriminasie, onderskeid	Arabic: تَمْييز	Bulgarian: отнасям се различно
Brazilian: discriminação	Czech: rozlišování; diskriminace	German: die Diskriminierung
Danish: diskrimination; diskrimin	Greek: διάκριση	Spanish: discriminación
Estonian: diskriminatsioon	Farsi: شناخت؛ تبعیض	Finnish: syrjintä
French: discrimination	Hebrew: הָבחָנָה, אַפלָיָה	Hindi: भेदभाव
Croatian: diskriminacija	Hungarian: megkülönböztetés	Indonesian: diskriminasi
Icelandic: mismunun	Italian: discriminazione	Japanese: 区別
Korean: 식별, 차별	Lithuanian: diskriminacija	Latvian: diskriminācija; diskrimin
Malay: perbezaan	Dutch: onderscheid, discriminati	Norwegian: forskjellsbehandling, dis
Polish: dyskryminacja	Persian: شناخت؛ تبعیض	Pashto: :پيژندل
Portuguese: discriminação	Romanian: discriminare	Russian: дискриминация
Slovak: diskriminácia	Slovenian: razlikovanje	Serbian: diskriminacija
Swedish: åtskillnad, diskriminerin	Thai: การแบ่งแยก	Turkish: ayrım, ayrımcılık
Taiwanese: 歧視，區別	Ukrainian: неоднакове ставлення; дис	Urdu: تفریق
Vietnamese: sự phân biệt	Chinese: 歧视
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