discrimination
Signification (Anglais)
- (countable, uncountable) Discernment, the act of discriminating, discerning, distinguishing, noting or perceiving differences between things, with the intent to understand rightly and make correct decisions.
- (countable, sometimes, uncountable) 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.
- (uncountable) The quality of being discriminating; acute discernment, especially in matters of good taste.
- (countable, obsolete) That which discriminates; a distinguishing mark, a characteristic.
Concepts
Synonymes
having eye for
conditional transfer
conditional branch
conditional jump
decision instruction
Traductions
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/dɪskɹɪmɪˈneɪʃən/
Étymologie (Anglais)
Learned borrowing from Latin discrīminātiō, discrīminātiōnem, the action noun to discrīminō, discrīmināre (“distinguish”). Equivalent to discriminate + -ion. In English use from the 17th century.
Notes
Sign in to write sticky notes
Commencez à apprendre anglais avec learnfeliz .
Entraînez-vous à parler et à mémoriser « discrimination » et de nombreux autres mots et phrases dans anglais .