discrimination

B1 Topic:Social Issues & Human Rights

US /dɪˌskɹɪm.əˈneɪʃən/ UK /dɪskɹɪmɪˈneɪʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #14618

Meanings

1

noun
Unfair treatment of a person or group because of their race, sex, age, or other quality.

The new law aims to stop discrimination in the workplace.
2

noun
The ability to notice and judge small differences between things.

Tasting fine tea requires real discrimination.

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Synonyms

2 noun · the ability to notice and... differentiation

Word family

Forms discriminations

Derived forms antidiscriminationcounterdiscriminationenantiodiscriminationindiscriminationnon-discriminationnondiscriminationself-discriminationunderdiscrimination

Related forms bias racism stereotype

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Phrases (1)

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racial discrimination
unfair treatment of people because of their race

Adjective + noun

Etymology

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

*krey- Proto-Indo-European discriminatio Latin

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Social Issues & Human Rights

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# discrimination

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /dɪˌskɹɪm.əˈneɪʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /dɪskɹɪmɪˈneɪʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 14618

## Meanings
1. Unfair treatment of a person or group because of their race, sex, age, or other quality.
2. The ability to notice and judge small differences between things.

## Examples
- The new law aims to stop discrimination in the workplace.
- Tasting fine tea requires real discrimination.

## Derived Forms
- antidiscrimination
- counterdiscrimination
- enantiodiscrimination
- indiscrimination
- non-discrimination
- nondiscrimination
- self-discrimination
- underdiscrimination

## Related Forms
- bias
- racism
- stereotype

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *krey-
- Root: discriminatio

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

## AI Etymology
discrimination is a learned borrowing from Latin discrīminātiō, discrīminātiōnem, the action noun to discrīminō, discrīmināre (“distinguish”). Equivalent to discriminate + -ion. In English use from the 17th century. The historical chain includes Proto-Indo-European *krey-, Latin discriminatio. Current senses include Unfair treatment of a person or group because of their race, sex, age, or other quality and The ability to notice and judge small differences between things. English relatives and later formations include antidiscrimination, counterdiscrimination, enantiodiscrimination, bias, racism.

## Topics
- Social Issues & Human Rights

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