discriminate

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To make distinctions.
2. To treat or affect differently, depending on differences in traits.
3. (intransitive) To treat or affect differently, depending on differences in traits.
4. (intransitive, uncommon) To treat or affect differently, depending on differences in traits.
5. (transitive) To set apart as being different; to mark as different; to separate from another by discerning differences; to distinguish.

Adj

Having its differences marked; distinguished by certain tokens.

Synonyms

distinguish

differentiate

discern

separate

segregate

tell apart

recognize

know

identify

treat differently

isolate

single out

carry through

manage

distinquish

know apart

prejudice

dispose of

characterize

mark

dismiss

disperse

dissociate

distinct

district

disunite

drop

exclude

excommunicate

expel

fire

🔥

force out

ghettoize

individualize

keep apart

make out

maltreat

note

observe

partial

perceive

pick

⛏️

recognise

remove

resolve

secern

section

send down

separate off

separate out

Translations

discriminer

discriminar

unterscheiden

discriminare

discriminar

distinguer

distinguir

onderscheiden

discriminar

benachteiligen

différencier

diskriminieren

distinguir

ξεχωρίζω

ayırmak

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈskɹɪm.ɪ.neɪt/

Etymology

First attested in 1615; borrowed from Latin discrīminātus, perfect passive participle of discrīminō (“to divide, separate, distinguish”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from discrīmen (“a space between, division, separation, distinction”), from discernō (“to divide, separate, distinguish, discern”).

Sentences

These often favour the major parties and discriminate against smaller , regional parties .