noun
discrimination
dihsk-rih-mih-NAY-shuhn
noun
1
Unfair treatment of a person or group based on characteristics like race, gender, or age.
"The company was sued for racial discrimination in hiring."
"Laws now protect workers from age discrimination."
2
The ability to notice fine differences between things.
"Her discrimination in matters of taste made her an excellent art critic."
How to Use Discrimination
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishUnjust treatment based on group identity, or (less commonly) the skill of telling fine differences apart.
Common pairings
racial discrimination
gender discrimination
face discrimination
Word Forms
discriminations plural
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Etymology
From Latin discriminatio, the noun form of discriminare, "to distinguish, separate."