See Also: discriminate(medicine)
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discriminate (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: discriminare 'to divide', from discernere; DISCERN]
[I] to treat a person or group differently from another in an unfair way
discriminate against
::Under federal law, it is illegal to discriminate against minorities and women.
discriminate on the grounds/basis of sth
::It was found that the company still discriminated on the basis of race in promotions.
[I and T] to recognize a difference between things
-synonym differentiate differentiate discriminate between
::Newborn babies can discriminate between a man's and a woman's voice.
discriminate sth from sth
::the process of learning to discriminate fact from opinion