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discrimination
noun
1 discrimination
Unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice.
synonyms: favoritism, favouritism.
Roget 464:
comparison,
collation,
contrast;
identification;
comparative estimate,
relative estimate,
relativity.
simile,
similitude,
analogy
(similarity)
17;
allegory
etc.
(metaphor)
521.
matching,
pattern-matching.
[quantitative comparison]
ratio,
proportion
(number)
84.
[results of comparison]
discrimination
465;
indiscrimination
465.1†;
identification
465.2.
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Roget 465:
discrimination,
distinction,
differentiation,
diagnosis,
diorism†;
nice perception;
perception of difference,
appreciation of difference;
estimation
etc.
466;
nicety,
refinement;
taste
etc.
850;
critique,
judgment;
tact;
discernment
etc.
(intelligence)
498;
acuteness,
penetration;
nuances.
dope [Slang],
past performances.
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Roget 498:
intelligence,
capacity,
comprehension,
understanding;
cuteness,
sabe [U.S.],
savvy [U.S.];
intellect
etc.
450;
nous [Fr.],
parts,
sagacity,
mother wit,
wit,
esprit,
gumption,
quick parts,
grasp of intellect;
acuteness
etc.
adj.;
acumen,
subtlety,
penetration,
perspicacy†,
perspicacity;
discernment,
due sense of,
good judgment;
discrimination
etc.
465;
cunning
etc.
702;
refinement
etc.
(taste)
850.
head,
brains,
headpiece,
upper story,
long head;
eagle eye,
eagle-glance;
eye of a lynx,
eye of a hawk.
wisdom,
sapience,
sense;
good sense,
common sense,
horse sense [U.S.],
plain sense;
rationality,
reason;
reasonableness
etc.
adj.;
judgment;
solidity,
depth,
profundity,
caliber;
enlarged views;
reach of thought,
compass of thought;
enlargement of mind.
genius,
inspiration,
geist [G.],
fire of genius,
heaven-born genius,
soul;
talent
etc.
(aptitude)
698.
[Wisdom in action]
prudence
etc.
864;
vigilance
etc.
459;
tact
etc.
698;
foresight
etc.
510;
sobriety,
self-possession,
aplomb,
ballast.
a bright thought,
not a bad idea.
Solomon-like wisdom.
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Roget 15:
difference;
variance,
variation,
variety;
diversity,
dissimilarity
etc.
18;
disagreement
etc.
24;
disparity
etc.
(inequality)
28;
distinction,
contradistinction;
alteration.
modification,
permutation,
moods and tenses.
nice distinction,
fine distinction,
delicate distinction,
subtle distinction;
shade of difference,
nuance;
discrimination
etc.
465;
differentia.
different thing,
something else,
apple off another tree,
another pair of shoes;
horse of a different color;
this that or the other.
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Polish: dyskryminacja
2 discrimination
The cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished.
synonym: secernment.
Dutch: discriminatie, distinctie, onderscheiding
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