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   Dis·crim·i·nate

   /dəˈskriməˌnāt/

   

   verb

   • 1. make an unjust or prejudicial distinction in the treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of ethnicity, sex, age, or disability: "existing employment policies discriminate against women" Similar be biasedshow prejudicebe prejudicedtreat differentlytreat as inferiortreat unfairlyput at a disadvantagedisfavorbe intolerant towardvictimize
   • 2. recognize a distinction; differentiate: "babies can discriminate between different facial expressions of emotion" Similar differentiatedistinguishdraw/recognize a distinctiontell the differencediscern a differenceseparatetell apartseparate the sheep from the goatsseparate the wheat from the chaff
   • ▪ perceive or constitute the difference in or between: "features that discriminate this species from other gastropods"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin discriminat- ‘distinguished between’, from the verb discriminare, from discrimen ‘distinction’, from the verb discernere (see discern).

   Derivatives

   • 1. discriminately adverb

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