discriminate
verb
[ dɪˈskrɪmɪneɪt ]
• recognize a distinction; differentiate.
• "babies can discriminate between different facial expressions"
• make an unjust or prejudicial distinction in the treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, sex, age, or disability.
• "existing employment policies discriminate against women"
Similar:
be biased,
show prejudice,
be prejudiced,
treat differently,
treat as inferior,
treat unfairly,
put at a disadvantage,
disfavour,
be intolerant towards,
victimize,
Origin:
early 17th century: from Latin discriminat- ‘distinguished between’, from the verb discriminare, from discrimen ‘distinction’, from the verb discernere (see discern).
