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   Dis·crim·i·na·tion

   /dəˌskriməˈnāSHən/

   

   noun

   • 1. the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of ethnicity, age, sex, or disability: "victims of racial discrimination" Similar prejudicebiasbigotryintolerancenarrow-mindednessunfairnessinequityfavoritismone-sidednesspartisanshipsexismchauvinismracismracialismanti-Semitismheterosexismageismclassismableismhistorical:apartheidOpposite impartiality
   • 2. recognition and understanding of the difference between one thing and another: "discrimination between right and wrong" Similar differentiationdistinctiontelling the difference
   • ▪ the ability to discern what is of high quality; good judgment or taste: "those who could afford to buy showed little taste or discrimination" Similar discernmentjudgmentperceptionperceptivenessperspicacityacumenastutenessshrewdnessjudiciousnessinsightsubtletyselectivity(good) tastefastidiousnessrefinementsensitivitycultivationcultureculturednessconnoisseurshipaestheticism
   • ▪ the ability to distinguish between different stimuli: "discrimination learning"
   • 3. the selection of a signal having a required characteristic, such as frequency or amplitude, by means of a discriminator that rejects all unwanted signals.

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