'Discrimination' definitions:
Definition of 'discrimination'
From: WordNet
noun
Unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice [syn: discrimination, favoritism, favouritism]
noun
The cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished [syn: discrimination, secernment]
Definition of 'Discrimination'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'discrimination'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acquired taste,
- acumen,
- adjudgment,
- adjudication,
- aestheticism,
- alteration,
- analysis,
- anatomization,
- anti-Semitism,
- apartheid,
- appreciation of excellence,
- appropriateness,
- arbitrament,
- arbitration,
- astuteness,
- atomization,
- Atticism,
- 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,
- Jim Crow,
- Jim Crow law,
- 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
Words containing 'Discrimination'
- Discriminable,
- Discriminal,
- Discriminant,
- Discriminate,
- Discriminated,
- Discriminately,
- Discriminateness,
- Discriminating,
- Discriminatingly,
- Discriminative,
- Discriminatively,
- Discriminator,
- Discriminous,
- discriminative stimulus,
- freedom from discrimination,
- racial discrimination,
- sexual discrimination,
- non-discrimination