discrimination

Meaning

1. (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.
2. (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.
3. (uncountable) The quality of being discriminating; acute discernment, especially in matters of good taste.
4. (countable, obsolete) That which discriminates; a distinguishing mark, a characteristic.

Synonyms

distinction

discernment

differentiation

judgment

favouritism

partiality

favoritism

identification

separation

judgement

discretion

difference

prejudice

insight

classification

distinguish

bias

prudence

secernment

reason

resolution

seclusion

segregation

selection

sense

subtlety

thought

💭

having eye for

perception

conditional transfer

acuteness

rankism

authentication

carefulness

characterization

conditional branch

conditional jump

decision instruction

detectability

differentiate

discerning

disfavor

distinguishing

division

eye

👁️

isolation

maltreatment

nepotism

note

rationality

Translations

discrimination

discriminación

Diskriminierung

discriminação

discriminazione

Unterscheidung

discriminatie

discernement

discriminació

distinction

διάκριση

Unterschied

تَمْيِي

ayrımcılık

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪskɹɪmɪˈneɪʃən/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin discrīminātiō, discrīminātiōnem, the action noun to discrīminō, discrīmināre (“distinguish”). Equivalent to discriminate + -ion. In English use from the 17th century.