Discrimination Definition Collins Dictionary

To single out a particular person group etc for special favour or esp disfavour often because of a characteristic such as race colour sex intelligence etc.

Discrimination definition collins dictionary. An act or instance of discriminating or of making a distinction. 1 the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things especially on the grounds of race age or sex. The ability to see fine distinctions and differences. To discriminate right and wrong.

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 person or thing belongs rather than on individual merit. Discrimination in british english. When intr foll by between or among to recognize or understand the difference between. Discrimination unfair treatment or bias against someone or a group of people on the basis of their race.

Discrimination is the practice of treating one person or group of people less fairly or less well than other people or groups. On the one hand it can refer to the act or power of distinguishing or to good taste refinement. Copyright harpercollins publishers. Discriminating among meanings of discrimination discrimination has senses with neutral positive and negative connotations.

The selection of a signal having a required characteristic such as frequency or amplitude by means of a discriminator. Action based on prejudice. The advantage of this technique over conventional one photon fluorescence is better signal strength and discrimination using less light energy. Treating a person or particular group of people differently especially in a worse way from the.

Racial and religious intolerance and discrimination. Unfair treatment of a person racial group minority etc. Subtle appreciation in matters of taste. Prejudice bias injustice intolerance more synonyms of discrimination.

His attorneys argued the different treatment represents discrimination against gays and lesbians and is unconstitutional. Bedeutung aussprache übersetzungen und beispiele.