discrimination
noun
[ dɪˌskrɪmɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n ]
• the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, sex, or disability.
• "victims of racial discrimination"
Similar:
prejudice,
bias,
bigotry,
intolerance,
narrow-mindedness,
unfairness,
inequity,
favouritism,
one-sidedness,
partisanship,
sexism,
chauvinism,
racism,
racialism,
anti-Semitism,
heterosexism,
ageism,
classism,
ableism,
apartheid,
• recognition and understanding of the difference between one thing and another.
• "discrimination between right and wrong"
• the selection of a signal having a required characteristic, such as frequency or amplitude, by means of a discriminator.
