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adjective
- 1. making or showing an unjust or prejudicial distinction between different categories of people, especially on the grounds of ethnicity, sex, age, or disability: "discriminatory employment practices"
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DISCRIMINATORY definition: 1. treating a person or group differently from and usually worse than other people, because of…. Learn more.
1. : discriminative sense 1. 2. : applying or favoring discrimination in treatment. discriminatorily. di-ˌskri-mə-nə-ˈtȯr-ə-lē. -ˌskrim-nə- adverb. Synonyms. differential. discriminating. discriminational. discriminative. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of discriminatory in a Sentence.
discriminatory. (dɪskrɪmɪnətri , US -tɔːri ) adjective. Discriminatory laws or practices are unfair because they treat one group of people worse than other groups. These reforms will abolish racially discriminatory laws.
containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice. “ discriminatory attitudes and practices” synonyms: invidious. unfavorable, unfavourable. not encouraging or approving or pleasing.
adjective. /dɪˈskrɪmɪnətəri/ /dɪˈskrɪmɪnətɔːri/ unfair; treating somebody or one group of people worse than others. discriminatory practices/rules/measures. sexually/racially discriminatory laws. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Want to learn more?
adjective. 1. characterized by or showing prejudicial treatment, esp. as an indication of racial, religious, or sexual bias. discriminatory practices in housing. a discriminatory tax. 2. discriminative (sense 1), discriminative (sense 2) Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
The earliest known use of the adjective discriminatory is in the mid 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for discriminatory is from 1745, in Refl. upon Church-govt. discriminatory is formed within English, by derivation.
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DISCRIMINATORY meaning: not fair unfairly treating a person or group of people differently from other people or groups of people.
treating particular people, companies, or products differently from others, especially in an unfair way: The EU has already denounced the new regulations as discriminatory. Several hundred Sikh women complained about discriminatory treatment by the company. discriminatory laws / legislation / measures. discriminatory policies / practices.
