Definition: 1. Unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice. 2. The cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished.
Use 'discrimination' in a sentence:
1. A series of laws against discrimination have been issued.
2. Mr Singh wanted to reserve places for low-caste Indians within the country's public sector, as a form of positive discrimination.
3. There's certainly much less discrimination in Scandinavia, and maybe in America, too.
5. Since employers' perception of weight is what matters in the labor market, changing discrimination laws to include body type as a category would also help.
6. Not all problems arising from social discrimination can be addressed through communication.
7. The reason it is prohibited is that it leads far too easily to stereotyping and sex discrimination.
8. The law strictly forbids racial discrimination.
9. In this film, Mia, a woman with intellectual impairment from Beirut, Lebanon, talks about the discrimination that she has faced in education.
10. They cooked without skill and ate without discrimination.
11. So why this discrimination now?
12. They knew that discrimination was going on, but chose to ignore it.
13. She told the industry in blunt terms that such discrimination is totally unacceptable.
14. "This," huffed Mr. Buthelezi, "was discrimination."
15. The judge said that discrimination against homosexuals is deplorable.
16. You don't have to look far to find evidence of stereotyping and sex discrimination in single-sex schools.
17. I trust his discrimination; he always chooses places to eat.
18. Michigan is the only state that prohibits discrimination on the basis of weight and height.
19. He went on record as opposing racial discrimination.
20. Discrimination against older people has a long history.
21. The government will legislate against discrimination in the workplace.
22. We must continue to press for full gender equality until discrimination against women is eliminated.
23. Those extemal factors include the difficulties accompanying low-wage work or structural discrimination based on race, gender, or ability.
24. Interviews with the refugees catalogue a history of discrimination and violence.
25. Women who are the victims of intentional discrimination will be able to get compensation.
26. Discrimination by employers on the grounds of race and nationality was illegal.
27. If you look closely at many of the problems in society, you'll see evidence of racial discrimination.
28. His former chauffeur is claiming unfair dismissal on the grounds of racial discrimination.
29. Last February the tribunal agreed he had been the victim of racial discrimination.
30. It manifests itself in hatred, stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination.
31. They focus on overt discrimination rather than insidious aspects of racism.
32. You should raise the issue of gender discrimination with the council.
33. Many have joined the campaign to end gender discrimination.
34. The Sex Discrimination Act has not eliminated discrimination in employment.
35. They have complained of discrimination and occasional rough treatment.
36. Women's groups denounced sexual discrimination.
37. It was a clear case of sexual discrimination.
38. Male nurses are difficult to hire as many men reject this identity out of the long-existing discrimination.
39. Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani have a dominant Muslim population and have long complained of neglect and discrimination in the largely Buddhist nation.
40. Gender discrimination is a hotly contested issue.
41. Prior to the interview, acquaint yourself with the laws pertaining to job discrimination.
42. His report highlights some instances of discrimination.
43. Recent measures have not eliminated discrimination in employment.
44. They have pledged to end racial discrimination in areas such as employment.
45. Racial discrimination is abhorrent to my council and our staff.
46. She is exempt from sex discrimination laws.
47. He showed great discrimination in his choice of friends.
48. We will then have an objective measure of how colour discrimination and visual acuity develop at the level of the brain.
49. Eventually, he came face to face with discrimination again.
50. More and more women professors thought that sexual discrimination did exist in the university.
51. Outsiders will continue to suffer the most blatant discrimination.
