| 单词 | discrimination |
| 释义 | discrimination (once / 840 pages) n Discrimination means distinguishing between two or more people or things. Usually, discrimination means an unfair system that treats one group of people worse than another. Discrimination isn't always a bad thing. You have to use discrimination to tell a good restaurant from a bad one, or a good idea from a bad one. However, this word is very tarnished by its main use these days: as a word for unfair treatment of people, based on racism, sexism, homophobia, or another prejudice. There is a huge history of discrimination in the United States. WORD FAMILYdiscrimination: discriminations, non-discrimination+/discriminate: discriminable, discriminated, discriminately, discriminates, discriminating, discriminatingly, discrimination, discriminative, discriminator, discriminatory, indiscriminate/discriminating: indiscriminating, undiscriminating/discriminative: discriminatively/discriminator: discriminators/discriminatory: discriminatorily/indiscriminate: indiscriminately, indiscriminatingly/undiscriminating: undiscriminatingly USAGE EXAMPLES“This is why the current job discrimination situation is so grim.” New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) In December, the Justice Department sued Culpeper County, alleging discrimination after the county denied a request for a permit to build a mosque there. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) A Texas judge temporarily halted Obama administration rules that are intended to ban discrimination by doctors and hospitals against transgender persons. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) 1n unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice Syn|Hypo|Hyper favoritism, favouritism able-bodiedism, able-bodism, ableism, ablism discrimination in favor of the able-bodied ageism, agismdiscrimination against middle-aged and elderly people cronyismfavoritism shown to friends and associates (as by appointing them to positions without regard for their qualifications) fatism, fattismdiscrimination against people who are overweight heterosexismdiscrimination in favor of heterosexual and against homosexual people nepotismfavoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs) racial discrimination, racialism, racismdiscriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race sexismdiscriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of the opposite sex racial profilinga form of racism consisting of the (alleged) policy of policemen who stop and search vehicles driven by persons belonging to particular racial groups antifeminism, chauvinism, male chauvinismactivity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women sexual discriminationdiscrimination (usually in employment) that excludes one sex (usually women) to the benefit of the other sex social control control exerted (actively or passively) by group action 2n the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished Syn|Hypo|Hyper secernment differentiation, distinction a discrimination between things as different and distinct individualisation, individualization, individuationdiscriminating the individual from the generic group or species appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness, tastedelicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values) contradistinctiona distinction drawn on the basis of contrast contrast, demarcation, dividing line, linea conceptual separation or distinction hairsplitting, word-splittingmaking too fine distinctions of little importance connoisseurship, vertu, virtulove of or taste for fine objects of art style, trend, voguethe popular taste at a given time delicacy, discretionrefined taste; tact culturethe tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group basic cognitive process cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge |
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