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    discriminate
    /dɪˈskrɪmɪneɪt/

    verb

    • 1. make an unjust or prejudicial distinction in the treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of ethnicity, sex, age, or disability: "existing employment policies discriminate against women" Similar be biasedshow prejudicebe prejudicedtreat differently
    • 2. recognize a distinction; differentiate: "babies can discriminate between different facial expressions" Similar differentiatedistinguishdraw/recognize a distinctiontell the difference

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  2. to treat a person or particular group of people differently, especially in a worse way from the way in which you treat other people, because of their race, gender, sexuality, etc.: be discriminated against She felt she had been discriminated against because of her age.

  3. : to distinguish by discerning or exposing differences : to recognize or identify as separate and distinct. discriminate right from wrong. especially : to distinguish from another like object. discriminate the individual voices in the choir. intransitive verb. 1. a. : to make a distinction. discriminate among historical sources.

  4. Definitions of discriminate. adjective. marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions. “ discriminate judgments” “ discriminate people” synonyms: discriminant, discriminating. showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste. see more. verb. distinguish.

  5. discriminate (against somebody) | discriminate (in favour of somebody) practices that discriminate against women and in favour of men; discriminate on the grounds of something It is illegal to discriminate on the grounds of race, gender or religion.

  6. 1. verb. If you can discriminate between two things, you can recognize that they are different. He is incapable of discriminating between a good idea and a terrible one. [V + between] The device can discriminate between the cancerous and the normal cells. [V between pl-n]

  7. discriminate. vb. 1. ( intr; usually foll by in favour of or against) 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.

  8. Discriminate definition: to make a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit; show partiality.

  9. DISCRIMINATE definition: 1. to treat someone unfairly because of their sex, race, religion, etc: 2. to notice a difference…. Learn more.

  10. discriminate meaning, definition, what is discriminate: to treat a person or group differently f...: Learn more.

  11. DISCRIMINATE meaning: 1 : to unfairly treat a person or group of people differently from other people or groups often + against; 2 : to notice and understand that one thing is different from another thing to recognize a difference between things often + among or between.

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