discriminateverb
uk/dɪˈskrɪm.ɪ.neɪt/us/dɪˈskrɪm.ə.neɪt/discriminate verb (TREAT DIFFERENTLY)
C1 [ I ] 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 skin colour, sex, sexuality, etc.:
She felt she had been discriminated against because of her age.
In order to increase the number of female representatives, the selection committee decided to discriminate in favour of women for three years.
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Human rights
- affirmative action
- ageism
- agism
- Amnesty International
- anti-racist
- Bechdel test
- emancipation
- equal opportunity
- equality
- fattist
- feminism
- gay rights
- gender discrimination
- human rights
- inequality
- positive discrimination
- sisterhood
- suffragette
- women's libber
- women's liberation
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Unfairness and favouring someone unfairly
discriminate verb (SEE A DIFFERENCE)
C2 [ I + adv/prep ] formal to be able to see the difference between two things or people:
Police dogs can discriminate between the different smells.
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Identifying
- ascribe sth to sb
- biometric
- character recognition
- color-coded
- colour-coded
- dog tag
- id
- ID card
- identifiable
- identification
- identify
- paper
- passport
- pick
- separate the sheep from the goats idiom
- sheep
- tag
- tell
- tell sth/sb apart
- traceable
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discriminatory
adjective uk/dɪˈskrɪm.ɪ.nə.tər.i/us/dɪˈskrɪm.ə.nə.tɔːri/
discriminatory legislation/laws/practices