Discrimination

Noun

 * 1) a distinction; discernment, the act of discriminating, discerning, distinguishing, noting or perceiving differences between things.
 * 2) The state of being discriminated, distinguished from, or set apart.
 * 3) (sometimes discrimination against) distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage; treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit; partiality; prejudice; bigotry
 * sexual or racial discrimination
 * 1) The quality of being discriminating, acute discernment, specifically in a learning situation; as to show great discrimination in the choice of means.
 * 2) That which discriminates; mark of distinction, a characteristic.

Adjectives for Discrimination
nice; emotional; mental; infallible; racial; preconceived; careful; rational: fastidious; intelligent; scrupulous; due; innate; geographical; open; aesthetic; ineffable; un¬fair; impeccable; artistic; dramatic; unjust; laborious; sensory; sagacious; rare.

Verbs for Discrimination
apply—; credit—; imply—; tend—; —earns; ceeds-; approve—; attempt—; avoid—; develop—; employ—; exercise—; lack—; note—; nourish—; pre-; tolerate—; touch with—; —bites; —rewards; —separates; —suc-; —vexes.

Synonyms for Discrimination
acuteness, prudence, caution, perception, foresight, forethought, care, heed, vigilance, discernment, circumspection, acumen, sagacity, differentiation, shrewdness, distinction, insight.

Antonyms for Discrimination
foolhardiness, rashness, dullness, shortsightedness, recklessness, imprudence, carelessness, negligence.

Derived terms

 * nondiscrimination


 * reverse discrimination

Theasurus
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

Etymology
From the Latin discriminatio (accusative discriminationem), the action noun to discriminare "to discriminate".

Learned Latinism in English use from the 17th century.

Translations

 * Arabic: تفريق
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Portuguese:


 * Romanian: discriminare
 * Russian: распознавание, разграничение
 * Spanish:


 * Arabic: تمييز
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: дыскрымiнацыя
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: diskriminace
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian:


 * Norwegian: diskriminering
 * Polish: dyskryminacja
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: discriminare
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: дискриминација
 * Roman:diskriminacija
 * Slovak: diskriminácia
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian: дискримінація

Etymology
From Latin discriminatio (accusative discriminationem).

Noun

 * 1) discrimination, distinction