discrimination
noun
dis·crim·i·na·tion
di-ˌskri-mə-ˈnā-shən
1
a
: prejudiced or prejudicial outlook, action, or treatment
racial discrimination
b
: the act, practice, or an instance of discriminating categorically rather than individually
2
: the quality or power of finely distinguishing
the film viewed by those with discrimination
3
a
: the act of making or perceiving a difference : the act of discriminating
a bloodhound's scent discrimination
b
psychology
: the process by which two stimuli differing in some aspect are responded to differently
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