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What is another word for discrimination?

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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

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

Social inequality

The act of choosing

Class distinction

Act of targeting or suspecting based on race

The process of differentiating or distinguishing between two or more things

The quality of being restricted to a select person or group

An act of oppressing or persecuting 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

racial discrimination

keeping it in the family

ethnic discrimination

sexual discrimination

social monoculturalism

rules for thee but not for me

contradictory standard

contrasting principles

different standards

dislike of foreigners

positive discrimination

reverse discrimination

looking after one's own

excessive nationalism

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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

greater understanding

enhanced understanding

superior understanding

comprehensive understanding

improved understanding

sense one was born with

ability to understand

clearer understanding

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.”

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

substantial difference

large difference

sizeable variation

divide

wide area of difference

obvious dissimilarity

departure from the norm

self-contradictoriness

difference of opinion

irreconcilable difference

anomalism

lack of consistency

special case

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

defect

contradiction in terms

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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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Social inequality

social injustice

social discrimination

Noun

The act of choosing

judgement^UK

judgment^US

Noun

Class distinction

Noun

Act of targeting or suspecting based on race

Noun

The process of differentiating or distinguishing between two or more things

Noun

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The quality of being restricted to a select person or group

Noun

An act of oppressing or persecuting someone

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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