Definition & Meaning of "discrimination"in English

Discrimination

the practice of treating a person or different categories of people less fairly than others

Grammatical Information

Animacy status

Abstract

Composition

Compound

Uncountable

singular

not gender specific

Plural form

discriminations

Examples

The company faced a lawsuit for discrimination against female employees.

the mental process of recognizing and distinguishing differences between two or more stimuli

Examples

Visual discrimination allows children to tell letters apart when learning to read.

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discrimination

discriminate

criminate

crime

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