Word Finder - discrimination

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Discernment, the act of discriminating, discerning, distinguishing, noting or perceiving differences between things, with intent to understand rightly and make correct decisions.

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The act of recognizing the 'good' and 'bad' in situations and choosing good.

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(sometimes discrimination against) Distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage; treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit; partiality; prejudice; bigotry.

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reverse discrimination

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The quality of being discriminating, acute discernment, specifically in a learning situation; as to show great discrimination in the choice of means.

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That which discriminates; mark of distinction, a characteristic.

But some discrimination should be made in detail.

As presiding officer the Speaker exercises a right of discrimination between members rising to speak in debate, and can thus advance or retard the progress of a measure.

The constitution declares that railways are public highways, that the legislature has authority to regulate rates, and that discrimination in tolls shall not be allowed.

This discrimination of sources is the starting point of scientific criticism.

The discrimination of the separate stems included under the name is still far from completion.

Philip's action lacked discrimination, and his faith in the natives was excessive.

In German South-West Africa no discrimination is made as to the country of origin of imports.

The object in both cases was to break down tariff barriers between the United States and Canada, even though that should be at the expense of discrimination against Great Britain.

The wealth of the Bechuana consists principally in their cattle, which they tend with great care, showing a shrewd discrimination in the choice of pasture suited to oxen, sheep and goats.

The female protestor launched into a tirade about the injustices of gender discrimination.

The Council will not tolerate any form of racial discrimination, either direct or indirect.

Material factor defenses Is the defense tainted by discrimination?

Make the free bus travel pass open to all districts in the county and stop the pensioner discrimination.

Discrimination is often unintentional, stemming from lack of awareness about disability.

Discrimination on the grounds of age will become unlawful from October 2006.

The most brilliant period of their chequered history, the period which includes the rise of communes, the exchange of municipal liberty for despotism and the gradual discrimination of the five great powers (Milan, Venice, Florence, the Papacy and the kingdom of Naples), now begins.

Moreover, he stated subsequently that he thereby hoped to excite other naturalists to share with him the investigations he was making on a subject which had hitherto escaped notice or had been wholly neglected, since he considered that he had proved the disposition of the feathered tracts in the plumage of birds to be the means of furnishing characters for the discrimination of the various natural groups as significant and important as they were new and unexpected.

At the same time Muller showed himself, his power of discrimination notwithstanding, to fall behind Nitzsch in one very crucial point, for he refused to the latter's Picariae the rank that had been claimed for them, and imagined that the groups associated under that name formed but a third " tribe" - Picarii - of a great order Insessores, the others being (1) the Oscines or Polymyodi - the singing birds by emphasis, whose inferior larynx was endowed with the full number of five pairs of song-muscles, and (2) the Tracheophones, composed of some South-American families.

All the resources of a copious and unclean Latin vocabulary were employed to degrade the objects of his satire; and every crime of which humanity is capable was ascribed to them without discrimination.

No discrimination is allowed on account of race or colour; but separate schools are provided for white and coloured children.

Strigops and Nestor; but he began by making two great divisions of those that he did know, separating the parrots of the Old World from the parrots of the New, and subdividing each of these divisions into various sections somewhat in accordance with the names they had received in popular language - a practice he followed on many other occasions, for it seems to have been with him a belief that there is more truth in the discrimination of the unlearned than the scientific are apt to allow.

This discrimination of sources is the startingpoint of scientific criticism.

The Errors Have Probably Arisen From A Continued Excess Of 10 In The Discrimination Of The Intercalary Years.

Arguing that ethical judgment is an act of discrimination, he endeavours to invalidate the doctrine of the moral sense (see Shaftesbury and Hutcheson).

The decrees were put into execution by Pope John XXII., and a persecution raged in which, though the pope expressly protected the female Beguine communities of the Netherlands, there was little discrimination between the orthodox and unorthodox Beguines.

In 1794 he tried again his commercial weapons, introducing in the House of Representatives resolutions based on Jefferson's report on commerce, advising retaliation against Great Britain and discrimination in commercial and navigation laws in favour of France; and he declared that the friends of Jay's treaty were "a British party systematically aiming at an exclusive connexion with the British government," and in 1796 strenuously but unsuccessfully opposed the appropriation of money to carry this treaty into effect.

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The revival gave Edwards an opportunity of studying the process of conversion in all its phases and varieties, and he recorded his observations with psychological minuteness and discrimination in A Faithful Narrative of the Surprising Work of God in the Conversion of Many Hundred Souls in Northampton (1737).

Balzac admired him greatly, but with discrimination; Victor Hugo pronounced him greater than the great master of modern romance, and this verdict was echoed by a multitude of inferior readers, who were satisfied with no title for their favourite less than that of "the American Scott."

We have received funding to develop race discrimination work in relation to immigration cases.

Allowing retrospection would remove the discrimination against widows who married scheme members after retirement.

Dianah Worman, CIPD Diversity Adviser, says, ' Figures show age discrimination is still rife in the workplace.

Sexism in advertising, through offensive images of women used to sell products for example, is not outlawed by the Sex Discrimination Act.

Only racist violence and aggression (as were the skinhead attacks on minorities in Germany) or blatant forms of discrimination are criticized.

Age discrimination is one form of stereotyping that inhibits good employment practices.

Now try ' discrimination against women ' and ' women 's subordination '.

Special emphasis will be laid on the diagnostic of hail and supercooled water and on the discrimination between rain and snow.

The user supplies a " discrimination " which simply truncates the lower values in the output map.

All of this will be useful in future classes if problem arise in the discrimination or production of voiced / unvoiced consonant pairs.

We should, therefore, be encouraged and remain ever more vigilant in the face of discrimination and persecution !

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a motion to appear as amicus curiae in the discrimination case.

Each photo is individually viewed, and selections are made without discrimination to age, race, or gender.

Intimidation, discrimination, and bullying are significant sources of stress that affect people of all ages.

However, in addition to juggling budget, the demands of family and your everyday life, you may face discrimination from wedding vendors and institutions during the wedding planning process.

You have the right to have your wedding wherever you want, but the amount of hassle and discrimination you want to deal with, is something that you should discuss with your partner.

Utility - This course prepares your dog to make use of his scent discrimination skills in competition.

Discrimination against plus size fashion models is fueled by various facets of the multi-billion dollar fashion industry.

These advocates feel that the eradication of discrimination in the industry doesn't start at the level of modeling/talent agencies, but must begin first at the "root" of fashion - at fashion schools.

This step would not only allow for less discrimination against plus size fashion models on the runways, but would facilitate larger clothing sizes to be featured in fashion editorial shoots and magazines.

Older citizens may face discrimination in the workplace.