Pronunciation
- IPA: /dɪskɹɪmɪˈneɪʃən/
discrimination
- Discernment, the act of discriminating, discerning, distinguishing, noting or perceiving differences between things, with intent to understand rightly and make correct decisions.
- The act of recognizing the 'good' and 'bad' in situations and choosing good.
- (sometimes discrimination against) Distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage; treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit; partiality; prejudice; bigotry.
- hyponyms en
- sexual or racial discrimination
- reverse discrimination
- The quality of being discriminating, acute discernment, specifically in a learning situation; as to show great discrimination in the choice of means.
- That which discriminates; mark of distinction, a characteristic.
- French: discrimination
- German: Diskriminierung, Unterscheidung
- Portuguese: discriminação
- Russian: распознава́ние
- Spanish: discriminación
- French: discrimination
- German: Diskriminierung, Schlechterstellung
- Italian: discriminazione
- Portuguese: discriminação
- Russian: дискримина́ция
- Spanish: discriminación
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