Discrimination

  • 21discrimination — In constitutional law, the effect of a statute or established practice which confers particular privileges on a class arbitrarily selected from a large number of persons, all of whom stand in the same relation to the privileges granted and… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 22discrimination — This concept which in common usage means simply ‘treating unfairly’ occurs most commonly in sociology in the context of theories of ethnic and race relations. Early sociologists (such as William G. Sumner and Franklin H. Giddings ) viewed… …

    Dictionary of sociology

  • 23discrimination — discriminational, adj. /di skrim euh nay sheuhn/, n. 1. an act or instance of discriminating. 2. treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that …

    Universalium

  • 24Discrimination — (Roget s Thesaurus) >results of comparison. 1 < N PARAG:Discrimination >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 discrimination discrimination distinction differentiation diagnosis diorism Sgm: N 1 nice perception nice perception Sgm: N 1 perception of… …

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  • 25discrimination — Synonyms and related words: Atticism, Jim Crow, Jim Crow law, acquired taste, acumen, adjudgment, adjudication, aestheticism, alteration, analysis, anatomization, anti Semitism, apartheid, appreciation of excellence, appropriateness, arbitrament …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 26DISCRIMINATION — n. f. Action de distinguer avec précision. Faire la discrimination de telles ou telles choses mêlées. Il y a là une discrimination difficile à opérer …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 27discrimination — The practice of treating some people less favourably than others on grounds unrelated to merit, normally because they belong to a particular group or category. In the UK, it is illegal to discriminate on grounds of sex, race, disability,… …

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  • 28discrimination — noun 1) racial discrimination Syn: prejudice, bias, bigotry, intolerance, narrow mindedness, unfairness, inequity, favoritism, one sidedness, partisanship; sexism, chauvinism, misogyny, racism, racialism, anti Semitism, hete …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 29discrimination — noun 1) racial discrimination Syn: prejudice, bias, bigotry, intolerance, favouritism, partisanship 2) a man with no discrimination Syn: discernment, judgement, perceptiveness, (good) taste …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 30discrimination*/ — [dɪˌskrɪmɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n] noun [U] 1) unfair treatment of someone because of their religion, race, or other personal features sex/racial/age discrimination[/ex] discrimination against women[/ex] 2) the ability to judge whether something is good or… …

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