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The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people

Recognition and understanding of the difference between one thing and another

Excessive patriotism, eagerness for national superiority

The advocacy or practice of separation of a certain group of people from a larger body on the basis of ethnicity, religion, or gender

A difference in (numerical) value

Hateful words spoken about a group

Act of targeting or suspecting based on race

The state of being precise or exact

The act or harassing or bullying someone

Types of (societal) discrimination

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The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people

favouritism^UK

favor^US

favour^UK

favoritism^US

preferential treatment

keeping it in the family

reverse discrimination

looking after one's own

positive discrimination

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“This is a case of unjust discrimination against a marginalized group.”

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Subtle appreciation in matters of taste

judgement^UK

judgment^US

powers of discernment

intellectual awareness

soundness of judgement

sense of responsibility

intellectual capacity

realization^US

realisation^UK

extrasensory perception

greater understanding

better understanding

enhanced understanding

superior understanding

comprehensive understanding

improved understanding

extra sensory perception

practical intelligence

sense one was born with

ability to understand

mental acquisitiveness

intellectual attainment

realizing^US

realising^UK

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“We should be allowed to enjoy art with discrimination and an appreciation of its subtleties.”

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Recognition and understanding of the difference between one thing and another

“She was able to make a discrimination between the various species by their subtle physical differences.”

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Excessive patriotism, eagerness for national superiority

excessive nationalism

racial discrimination

ethnic discrimination

sexual discrimination

social monoculturalism

dislike of foreigners

wrapping yourself in the flag

extreme nationalism

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The advocacy or practice of separation of a certain group of people from a larger body on the basis of ethnicity, religion, or gender

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A difference in (numerical) value

wide area of difference

departure from the norm

difference of opinion

specialty^US

speciality^UK

telling the difference

irreconcilable difference

contradiction in terms

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Hateful words spoken about a group

hate speech

incitement to ethnic or racial hatred

Noun

Social inequality

social discrimination

Noun

The act of choosing

judgement^UK

judgment^US

Noun

Class distinction

Noun

Ill-treatment

offense^US

offence^UK

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Act of targeting or suspecting based on race

Noun

The state of being precise or exact

rigor^US

rigour^UK

dotting the i's and crossing the t's

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The act or harassing or bullying someone

offence^UK

offense^US

being rubbed up the wrong way

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Types of

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Types of (societal) discrimination

positive discrimination

reverse discrimination

racialism

“All forms of discrimination should be frowned upon.”

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