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- Dictionarydiscriminate/dɪˈskrɪmɪneɪt/
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
- 2. recognize a distinction; differentiate: "babies can discriminate between different facial expressions" Similar
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to treat a person or particular group of people differently, especially in a worse way from the way in which you treat other people, because of their race, gender, sexuality, etc.: be discriminated against She felt she had been discriminated against because of her age.
: to distinguish by discerning or exposing differences : to recognize or identify as separate and distinct. discriminate right from wrong. especially : to distinguish from another like object. discriminate the individual voices in the choir. intransitive verb. 1. a.
Definitions of discriminate. adjective. marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions. “ discriminate judgments” “ discriminate people” synonyms: discriminant, discriminating. showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste. see more. verb. distinguish.
discriminate (against somebody) | discriminate (in favour of somebody) practices that discriminate against women and in favour of men; discriminate on the grounds of something It is illegal to discriminate on the grounds of race, gender or religion.
1. verb. If you can discriminate between two things, you can recognize that they are different. He is incapable of discriminating between a good idea and a terrible one. [V + between] The device can discriminate between the cancerous and the normal cells. [V between pl-n]
DISCRIMINATE definition: 1. to treat someone unfairly because of their sex, race, religion, etc: 2. to notice a difference…. Learn more.
Discriminate definition: to make a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit; show partiality. See examples of DISCRIMINATE used in a sentence.
discriminate meaning, definition, what is discriminate: to treat a person or group differently f...: Learn more.
discriminate. vb. 1. ( intr; usually foll by in favour of or against) to single out a particular person, group, etc, for special favour or, esp, disfavour, often because of a characteristic such as race, colour, sex, intelligence, etc.
Discriminate Definition. dĭ-skrĭmə-nāt. discriminated, discriminates, discriminating. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Origin. Verb. Adjective. Filter. verb. discriminated, discriminates, discriminating. To see the difference ( between things); distinguish. Webster's New World. To recognize the difference between; distinguish.
