## Meanings
1. To treat a person or group unfairly because of their race, sex, age, or other quality.
2. To recognize or notice the difference between things.

## Examples
- It is illegal to discriminate against workers because of their age.
- A good wine taster can discriminate between very similar flavours.

## Synonyms
- differentiate

## Antonyms
- favor

## Derived Forms
- discrimination
- discriminative
- discriminator
- discriminatory
- undiscriminated

## Related Forms
- crime
- discern
- discreet
- discrete

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *krey-

## Etymology
First attested in 1615; borrowed from Latin discrīminātus, perfect passive participle of discrīminō (“to divide, separate, distinguish”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from discrīmen (“a space between, division, separation, distinction”), from discernō (“to divide, separate, distinguish, discern”).

## AI Etymology
discriminate is first attested in 1615; borrowed from Latin discrīminātus, perfect passive participle of discrīminō (“to divide, separate, distinguish”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from discrīmen (“a space between, division, separation, distinction”), from discernō (“to divide, separate, distinguish, discern”). Current senses include to treat a person or group unfairly because of their race, sex, age, or other quality and to recognize or notice the difference between things. English relatives and later formations include discrimination, discriminative, discriminator, crime, discern.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction

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