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discrimination
English
Etymology
From Latin discr?min?ti?, discr?min?ti?nem, the action noun to discr?min?, discr?min?re (“distinguish”).
Learned Latinism in English use from the 17th century.Morphologically discriminate +? -ion
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?sk??m??ne???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
discrimination (countable and uncountable, plural discriminations)
- Discernment, the act of discriminating, discerning, distinguishing, noting or perceiving differences between things, with intent to understand rightly and make correct decisions.
- The act of recognizing the 'good' and 'bad' in situations and choosing good.
- (sometimes discrimination against) Distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage; treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit; partiality; prejudice; bigotry.
- Hyponyms: heterosexism, ageism, ableism, xenophobia, racism, sexism, classism, religionism, homophobia
- The quality of being discriminating, acute discernment, specifically in a learning situation; as to show great discrimination in the choice of means.
- That which discriminates; mark of distinction, a characteristic.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- stereotype
- bias
- racism
French
Etymology
From Latin discrim?nati?, discrim?nati?nem. Synchronically, from discriminer +? -ation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dis.k?i.mi.na.sj??/
- Rhymes: -asj??
Noun
discrimination f (plural discriminations)
- discrimination, distinction
Related terms
- discriminatoire
Further reading
- “discrimination” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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rankism
English
Etymology
rank +? -ism, probably by analogy with words like racism and sexism. It was coined by American physicist, author and social reformer Robert Works Fuller (born 1936).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??æ?k?z?m/, /-?zm?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??æ?k??z?m/, /-??zm?/
- Hyphenation: rank?ism
Noun
rankism (usually uncountable, plural rankisms)
- Abuse, discrimination, or exploitation based on rank. [from 20th c.]
Translations
Further reading
- rankism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Markins, misrank, ramskin
rankism From the web:
- what is rankism
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