Discrimination
9 definitions retrieved  Discrimination \Dis*crim`i*na"tion\, n. [L. discriminatio the contrasting of opposite thoughts.] 1. The act of discriminating, distinguishing, or noting and marking differences. [1913 Webster] To make an anxious discrimination between the miracle absolute and providential. --Trench. [1913 Webster] 2. The state of being discriminated, distinguished, or set apart. --Sir J. Reynolds. [1913 Webster] 3. (Railroads) The arbitrary imposition of unequal tariffs for substantially the same service. [1913 Webster] A difference in rates, not based upon any corresponding difference in cost, constitutes a case of discrimination. --A. T. Hadley. [1913 Webster] 4. The quality of being discriminating; faculty of nicely distinguishing; acute discernment; as, to show great discrimination in the choice of means. [1913 Webster] 5. That which discriminates; mark of distinction. Syn: Discernment; penetration; clearness; acuteness; judgment; distinction. See Discernment. [1913 Webster]  discrimination n 1: unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice [syn: discrimination, favoritism, favouritism] 2: the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished [syn: discrimination, secernment]  discrimination [diskrimineiʃən] Diskriminierung; Unterscheidung  discrimination belátás elônybenrészesítés józanítélôképesség józanság különbségtétel megkülönböztetettbánásmód megkülönböztetés okosság ítélôképesség  discrimination [diskrimineiʃən] discriminación  discrimination Diskriminierung f discrimination kritisches Urteilsvermögen; kritische Urteilsfähigkeit discrimination Unterscheidung f  220 Moby Thesaurus words for "discrimination": Atticism, Jim Crow, Jim Crow law, acquired taste, acumen, adjudgment, adjudication, aestheticism, alteration, analysis, anatomization, anti-Semitism, apartheid, appreciation of excellence, appropriateness, arbitrament, arbitration, astuteness, atomization, bias, bigotry, black power, black supremacy, censoriousness, change, chasteness, chastity, chauvinism, choice, choiceness, choosiness, circumspection, circumspectness, civilized taste, civilizedness, clarity, class consciousness, class distinction, class hatred, class prejudice, class war, classicalism, classicism, clearness, color bar, color line, comeliness, connoisseurship, conscientiousness, consideration, cool judgment, correctness, criticalness, cultivated taste, cultivation, culture, daintiness, deeming, delicacy, demarcation, desynonymization, differencing, differentiation, dignity, directness, discernment, discreetness, discretion, discriminatingness, discriminativeness, disequalization, disjunction, distinction, distinguishment, diversification, division, ease, eclecticism, elegance, elegancy, excellence, fascism, fastidiousness, favoritism, felicitousness, felicity, finesse, finish, fittingness, flow, flowing periods, fluency, good judgment, good taste, grace, gracefulness, gracility, graciosity, graciousness, inclination, individualization, individuation, inequality, inequity, insight, interest, intolerance, involvement, judgement, judging, judgment, judicature, judiciousness, keenness, know-nothingism, leaning, limpidity, lucidity, male chauvinist, meticulousness, minority prejudice, modification, naturalness, neatness, nepotism, niceness, nicety, one-sidedness, parti pris, partiality, particularity, particularization, particularness, partisanism, partisanship, pellucidity, penetration, perception, perceptiveness, percipience, perfectionism, personalization, perspicacity, perspicuity, picking and choosing, plainness, policy, polish, polity, preciseness, precisianism, precision, preference, preferential treatment, prejudice, priggishness, propriety, providence, prudence, prudentialism, prudishness, punctilio, punctiliousness, purism, puritanism, purity, quality, race hatred, race prejudice, race snobbery, racial discrimination, racialism, racism, red-baiting, refinement, reflection, reflectiveness, restraint, scrupulosity, scrupulousness, seemliness, segregation, selectiveness, selectivity, sense, sensitivity, separation, severalization, severance, sex discrimination, sexism, shrewdness, simplicity, smoothness, social barrier, social discrimination, sophistication, sound judgment, soundness of judgment, specialization, straightforwardness, strictness, subtlety, superpatriotism, taste, tastefulness, terseness, thoughtfulness, ultranationalism, unaffectedness, undetachment, undispassionateness, unfairness, unneutrality, variation, weighing, white power, white supremacy, wit, xenophobia Discrimination related |
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