Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Discernment, the act of discriminating, discerning, distinguishing, noting or perceiving differences between things, with the intent to understand rightly and make correct decisions.

    Diskriminierung, Unterscheidung

    распознава́ниеraspoznavánije, разграниче́ниеrazgraničénije

  2. (countable, sometimes, uncountable)Differential 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

    reverse discrimination

    Diskriminierung, Schlechterstellung

    дискримина́цияdiskriminácija

    дискриміна́ціяdyskryminácija

    unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice

  3. (uncountable)The quality of being discriminating; acute discernment, especially in matters of good taste.

    Near-synonym: tastefulness

  4. (countable, obsolete)That which discriminates; a distinguishing mark, a characteristic.

Examples

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  1. I consider that racial discrimination.

    Я вважаю це расовою дискримінацією.

    ruЯ считаю это расовой дискриминацией.

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  2. That sounds like discrimination to me.

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  3. We must make every effort to do away with all discrimination.

    deWir müssen jede Anstrengung unternehmen, jegliche Diskriminierung zu beenden.

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  4. Even today, however, women struggle against discrimination.

    deSelbst heutzutage noch kämpfen Frauen gegen Diskriminierung.

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  5. That week had nothing to do with discrimination.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage:
Русский
By meaning 2
the act of making a distinction, noting differences between things:
distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
the act of making a distinction, noting differences between things:
distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage:

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin discrīminātiō, discrīminātiōnem, the action noun to discrīmin

Learned borrowing from Latin discrīminātiō, discrīminātiōnem, the action noun to discrīminō, discrīmināre (“distinguish”). Equivalent to discriminate + -ion. In English use from the 17th century.

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