discrimination

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• Received-Pronunciation: /dɪskɹɪmɪˈneɪʃən/
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• Canada, General-American: /dɪˌskɹɪm.əˈneɪʃən/
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• Australian: /dɪskɹɪm.əˈnæɪʃən/
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: D IH0 S K R IH2 M AH0 N EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Learned borrowing from Latin discrīminātiō, discrīminātiōnem, the action noun to discrīminō, discrīmināre (“distinguish”). Equivalent to discriminate + -ion. In English use from the 17th century.

124 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: diskriminasie — the act of making a distinction, noting differences between things
• Arabic: تَفْرِيق (tafrīq) — the act of making a distinction, noting differences between things
• Bulgarian: разграниче́ние (razgraničénie) — the act of making a distinction, noting differences between things
• Chinese Mandarin: 區別 /区别 (qūbié) — the act of making a distinction, noting differences between things
• Czech: rozlišování — the act of making a distinction, noting differences between things
• Dutch: onderscheid — the act of making a distinction, noting differences between things
• Dutch: discriminatie — the act of making a distinction, noting differences between things
• French: discrimination — the act of making a distinction, noting differences between things
• Galician: discriminación — the act of making a distinction, noting differences between things
• Georgian: დისკრიმინაცია (disḳriminacia) — the act of making a distinction, noting differences between things
• Georgian: განსხვავებულად მოპყრობა (gansxvavebulad moṗq̇roba) — the act of making a distinction, noting differences between things
• German: Diskriminierung — the act of making a distinction, noting differences between things
• German: Unterscheidung — the act of making a distinction, noting differences between things
• Indonesian: diskriminasi — the act of making a distinction, noting differences between things
• Japanese: 区別 (kubetsu) — the act of making a distinction, noting differences between things
• Kalmyk: шоодвр (şoodvr) — the act of making a distinction, noting differences between things
• Korean: 구별 (gubyeol) — the act of making a distinction, noting differences between things
• Malay: diskriminasi — the act of making a distinction, noting differences between things
• Malayalam: വിവേചനം (vivēcanaṁ) — the act of making a distinction, noting differences between things
• Manx: foayr — the act of making a distinction, noting differences between things
• Norwegian Bokmål: diskriminering — the act of making a distinction, noting differences between things
• Norwegian Nynorsk: diskriminering — the act of making a distinction, noting differences between things
• Occitan: discriminacion — the act of making a distinction, noting differences between things
• Polish: rozróżnienie — the act of making a distinction, noting differences between things
• Portuguese: discriminação — the act of making a distinction, noting differences between things
• Romanian: discriminare — the act of making a distinction, noting differences between things
• Romanian: diferențiere — the act of making a distinction, noting differences between things
• Russian: распознава́ние (raspoznavánije) — the act of making a distinction, noting differences between things
• Russian: разграниче́ние (razgraničénije) — the act of making a distinction, noting differences between things
• Spanish: discriminación — the act of making a distinction, noting differences between things
• Spanish: discrimen — the act of making a distinction, noting differences between things
• Swedish: diskriminering — the act of making a distinction, noting differences between things
• Tagalog: diskriminasyon — the act of making a distinction, noting differences between things
• Turkish: ayrımcılık — the act of making a distinction, noting differences between things
• Afrikaans: diskriminasie — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Albanian: diskriminim — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Arabic: تَمْيِيز (tamyīz) — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Armenian: խտրականություն (xtrakanutʻyun) — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Azerbaijani: ayrıseçkilik — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Azerbaijani: diskriminasiya — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Belarusian: дыскрыміна́цыя (dyskryminácyja) — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Bengali: বৈষম্য (bōiśommo) — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Bulgarian: дискримина́ция (diskriminácija) — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Burmese: ပိုင်းခြားခြင်း (puing:hkra:hkrang:) — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Burmese: ခွဲခြားဆက်ဆံခြင်း (hkwai:hkra:hcakhcamhkrang:) — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Catalan: discriminació — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Chinese Cantonese: 歧視 /歧视 (kei4 si6) — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Chinese: 歧視 /歧视 (zh-min-nan) — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Chinese Mandarin: 歧視 /歧视 (qíshì) — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Ngazidja Comorian: uɓanguzi — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Czech: diskriminace — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Danish: diskrimination — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Danish: diskriminering — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Dutch: discriminatie — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Esperanto: diskriminacio — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Estonian: diskrimineerimine — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Finnish: syrjintä — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• French: discrimination — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Galician: discriminación — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Georgian: დისკრიმინაცია (disḳriminacia) — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• German: Diskriminierung — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• German: Schlechterstellung — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Hebrew: אַפְלָיָה (af'layá) — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Hindi: भेदभाव (bhedbhāv) — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Hindi: विभेदन (vibhedan) — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Hungarian: diszkrimináció — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Hungarian: megkülönböztetés — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Hungarian: kirekesztés — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Hungarian: hátrányos megkülönböztetés — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Icelandic: mismunun — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Indonesian: diskriminasi — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Italian: discriminazione — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Japanese: 差別 (sabetsu) — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Japanese: 冷遇 (reigū) — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Kazakh: кемсітушілік (kemsıtuşılık) — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Khmer: ការរើសអើង (kaarəəhʼaəng) — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Korean: 차별 (chabyeol) — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Central Kurdish: دووچاوەکی (dûçawekî) — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Southern Kurdish: دِچەوەکی (diçewekî) — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Southern Kurdish: دِبەێنەکی (dibeÿnekî) — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Kyrgyz: дискриминация (diskriminatsiya) — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Latvian: diskriminācija — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Lithuanian: diskriminacija — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Macedonian: дискриминација (diskriminacija) — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Malay: diskriminasi — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Malayalam: വിവേചനം (vivēcanaṁ) — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Māori: toihara — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Mongolian: ялгаварлан гадуурхалт (jalgavarlan gaduurxalt) — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Norwegian Bokmål: diskriminering — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Norwegian Bokmål: rasediskriminering — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Norwegian Nynorsk: diskriminering — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rasediskriminering — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Occitan: discriminacion — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Pashto: تبعيض (tab'íz) — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Persian: تبعیض (tab'iz) — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Polish: dyskryminacja — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Portuguese: discriminação — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Romanian: discriminare — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Russian: дискримина́ция (diskriminácija) — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Scottish Gaelic: leth-bhreith — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Serbo-Croatian: дискриминација — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Serbo-Croatian: diskriminacija — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Slovak: diskriminácia — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Slovene: diskriminacija — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Spanish: discriminación — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Spanish: discrimen — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Swedish: diskriminering — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Tagalog: diskriminasyon — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Tajik: дискриминатсия (diskriminatsiya) — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Tajik: табъиз (tab'iz) — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Thai: การเลือกปฏิบัติ (gaan-lʉ̂ʉak-bpà-dtì-bàt) — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Thai: การกีดกัน — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Tok Pisin: daunim narapela — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Tok Pisin: diskriminesen — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Tok Pisin: pasin bilong bagarapim narapela man o meri — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Turkish: ayrımcılık — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Turkmen: diskriminasiýa — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Ukrainian: дискриміна́ція (dyskryminácija) — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Uyghur: كەمسىتىش (kemsitish) — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Uzbek: diskriminatsiya — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Uzbek: kamsitish — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Vietnamese: phân biệt đối xử — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Vietnamese: kì thị — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage
• Yiddish: דיסקרימינאַציע (diskriminatsye) — distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage