discriminate

Significado (Inglês)

Verb

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

Adj

Having the difference marked; distinguished by certain tokens.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/dɪˈskɹɪm.ɪ.neɪt/

Etimologia (Inglês)

From Latin discriminatus, past participle of discriminare (“to divide, separate, distinguish”), from discrimen (“a space between, division, separation, distinction”), from discerno (“to divide, separate, distinguish, discern”); see discern, discreet, discrete. Compare crime.

Frases

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

Isso geralmente favorece os principais partidos e discrimina os partidos regionais menores.