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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
discriminate /dɪˈskrɪmɪneɪt/
▶verb
- 1 recognize a distinction.
■ perceive or constitute the difference in or between.
- 2 (usu. discriminate against) make an unjust distinction in the treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, sex, or age.
– derivatives
discriminately adverb,
discriminative adjective.
discriminately adverb,
discriminative adjective.
– origin C17: from L. discriminat-, discriminare ‘distinguish between’.
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