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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

The act or fact of being meticulous or doing something with care or precision

Hateful words spoken about a group

Act of targeting or suspecting based on race

The act or harassing or bullying someone

Types of (societal) discrimination

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Noun

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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

rules for thee but not for me

contradictory standard

contrasting principles

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

intellectual capacity

soundness of judgement

enterprise

expediency

initiative

sense of responsibility

realization^US

realisation^UK

extrasensory perception

practical intelligence

esteem

plain sense

get-up-and-go

greater understanding

better understanding

enhanced understanding

superior understanding

comprehensive understanding

improved understanding

extra sensory perception

sense one was born with

ability to understand

mental acquisitiveness

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

monoculture

dislike of foreigners

wrapping yourself in the flag

extreme nationalism

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Noun

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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

irreconcilable difference

telling the difference

going off at a tangent

getting sidetracked

straying from the point

losing one's thread

straying from the topic

incidental remark

deviation from the subject

contradiction in terms

self-identity

dyad

complement

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The act or fact of being meticulous or doing something with care or precision

rigor^US

rigour^UK

dotting the i's and crossing the t's

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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

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Act of targeting or suspecting based on race

Noun

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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