English noun: discrimination |
1. | discrimination (act) unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice |
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| Synonyms | favoritism, favouritism |
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| Broader (hypernym) | social control |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | able-bodiedism, able-bodism, ableism, ablism, ageism, agism, cronyism, fatism, fattism, heterosexism, nepotism, racial discrimination, racialism, racism, sexism |
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2. | discrimination (cognition) the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished |
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| Synonyms | secernment |
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| Broader (hypernym) | basic cognitive process |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | appreciation, differentiation, discernment, distinction, individualisation, individualization, individuation, perceptiveness, taste |
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