different between discrimination vs sensibility

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)

1. Discernment, the act of discriminating, discerning, distinguishing, noting or perceiving differences between things, with intent to understand rightly and make correct decisions.
2. The act of recognizing the 'good' and 'bad' in situations and choosing good.
3. (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

4. The quality of being discriminating, acute discernment, specifically in a learning situation; as to show great discrimination in the choice of means.
5. 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)

1. discrimination, distinction

Related terms

• discriminatoire

Further reading

• “discrimination” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

sensible +? -ity, from Middle French sensibilité, and its source, Latin s?nsibilit?s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?ns??b?l?ti/

Noun

sensibility (countable and uncountable, plural sensibilities)

1. The ability to sense, feel or perceive; responsiveness to sensory stimuli; sensitivity. [from 15th c.]
   • 2011, William Thomson, Reprint of Papers on Electrostatics and Magnetism, p. 204:

     The high sensibility of the divided ring electrometer renders this test really very easy […].

2. Emotional or artistic awareness; keen sensitivity to matters of feeling or creative expression. [from 17th c.]
   • 2015, Kathleen T. Galvin, Monica Prendergast, Poetic Inquiry II, p. 266:

     By poetic ethic I am speaking about the intention to act on, and incorporate into a narrative configuration, values and beliefs that promote a poetic ontology and a poetic sensibility.

3. (now rare, archaic) Excessive emotional awareness; the fact or quality of being overemotional. [from 18th c.]
   • 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Penguin 2004, p. 106:

     People of sensibility have seldom good tempers.

4. (in the plural) An acute awareness or feeling. [from 18th c.]

5. (obsolete) The capacity to be perceived by the senses. [15th–17th c.]

Translations

Further reading

• "sensibility" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 280.