discrimination (draft)

noun \ dis-ˌkri-mə-ˈnā-shən \

Definition of discrimination

  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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