2 meanings, 4 uses
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1 —2 uses as in:
suffered discrimination
Definition
to treat people of different groups differently — especially unfair treatment due to race, religion or gender
- THE CLIMATE OF THE SCHOOL IS BECOMING DISCRIMINATORY.p. 307.1
- Dan Needham gave them what he could; to deny them outright would risk the charge they relished to make, and made often—that so-and-so was "discriminatory."p. 245.4
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2 —1 use as in:
discriminating taste
Definition
to recognize or perceive differences — especially fine distinctions
- And there were the same brown paper bags that I had used on the step by the back door; it was a little dangerous to leave the armadillo outside on the step, I thought, given the indiscriminate appetites of that certain Labrador retriever belonging to our neighbor Mr. Fish.p. 88.6
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- Could a school of such a broadly based ethnic population tolerate this kind of "discrimination"?p. 386.2
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