discrimination

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: dis=crim=i=na=tion

OXFORD DICTIONARY

discrimination, n.
1 unfavourable treatment based on prejudice, esp. regarding race, colour, or sex.
2 good taste or judgement in artistic matters etc.
3 the power of discriminating or observing differences.
4 a distinction made with the mind or in action.

THESAURUS

discrimination

Atticism, Jim Crow, Jim Crow law, acquired taste, acumen, adjudgment, adjudication, aestheticism, alteration, analysis, anatomization, anti-Semitism, apartheid, appreciation of excellence, appropriateness, arbitrament, arbitration, astuteness, atomization, bias, bigotry, black power, black supremacy, censoriousness, change, chasteness, chastity, chauvinism, choice, choiceness, choosiness, circumspection, circumspectness, civilized taste, civilizedness, clarity, class consciousness, class distinction, class hatred, class prejudice, class war, classicalism, classicism, clearness, color bar, color line, comeliness, connoisseurship, conscientiousness, consideration, cool judgment, correctness, criticalness, cultivated taste, cultivation, culture, daintiness, deeming, delicacy, demarcation, desynonymization, differencing, differentiation, dignity, directness, discernment, discreetness, discretion, discriminatingness, discriminativeness, disequalization, disjunction, distinction, distinguishment, diversification, division, ease, eclecticism, elegance, elegancy, excellence, fascism, fastidiousness, favoritism, felicitousness, felicity, finesse, finish, fittingness, flow, flowing periods, fluency, good judgment, good taste, grace, gracefulness, gracility, graciosity, graciousness, inclination, individualization, individuation, inequality, inequity, insight, interest, intolerance, involvement, judgement, judging, judgment, judicature, judiciousness, keenness, know-nothingism, leaning, limpidity, lucidity, male chauvinist, meticulousness, minority prejudice, modification, naturalness, neatness, nepotism, niceness, nicety, one-sidedness, parti pris, partiality, particularity, particularization, particularness, partisanism, partisanship, pellucidity, penetration, perception, perceptiveness, percipience, perfectionism, personalization, perspicacity, perspicuity, picking and choosing, plainness, policy, polish, polity, preciseness, precisianism, precision, preference, preferential treatment, prejudice, priggishness, propriety, providence, prudence, prudentialism, prudishness, punctilio, punctiliousness, purism, puritanism, purity, quality, race hatred, race prejudice, race snobbery, racial discrimination, racialism, racism, red-baiting, refinement, reflection, reflectiveness, restraint, scrupulosity, scrupulousness, seemliness, segregation, selectiveness, selectivity, sense, sensitivity, separation, severalization, severance, sex discrimination, sexism, shrewdness, simplicity, smoothness, social barrier, social discrimination, sophistication, sound judgment, soundness of judgment, specialization, straightforwardness, strictness, subtlety, superpatriotism, taste, tastefulness, terseness, thoughtfulness, ultranationalism, unaffectedness, undetachment, undispassionateness, unfairness, unneutrality, variation, weighing, white power, white supremacy, wit, xenophobia

ROGET THESAURUS

discrimination

Difference

N difference, variance, variation, variety, diversity, dissimilarity, disagreement, disparity, distinction, contradistinction, alteration, modification, permutation, moods and tenses, nice distinction, fine distinction, delicate distinction, subtle distinction, shade of difference, nuance, discrimination, differentia, different thing, something else, apple off another tree, another pair of shoes, horse of a different color, this that or the other, differing, different, diverse, heterogeneous, multifarious, polyglot, distinguishable, dissimilar, varied, modified, diversified, various, divers, all manner of, all kinds of, variform, daedal, other, another, not the same, unequal, unmatched, widely apart, poles apart, distinctive, characteristic, discriminative, distinguishing, incommensurable, incommensurate, differently, il y a fagots et fagots.

Comparison

N comparison, collation, contrast, identification, comparative estimate, relative estimate, relativity, simile, similitude, analogy (similarity), allegory, matching, pattern-matching, ratio, proportion (number), discrimination, indiscrimination, identification, comparative, metaphorical, compared with, comparable, judged by comparison, relatively, as compared with, comparisons are odious, comparisons are odorous.

Discrimination

N discrimination, distinction, differentiation, diagnosis, diorism, nice perception, perception of difference, appreciation of difference, estimation, nicety, refinement, taste, critique, judgment, tact, discernment, acuteness, penetration, nuances, dope, past performances, discriminating, dioristic, discriminative, distinctive, nice, il y a fagots et fagots, rem acu tetigisti, la critique est aisee et l'art est difficile, miles apart, a distinction without a difference.

Wisdom

N intelligence, wisdom, intelligence, capacity, comprehension, understanding, cuteness, sabe, savvy, intellect, nous, parts, sagacity, mother wit, wit, esprit, gumption, quick parts, grasp of intellect, acuteness, acumen, subtlety, penetration, perspicacy, perspicacity, discernment, due sense of, good judgment, discrimination, cunning, refinement, head, brains, headpiece, upper story, long head, eagle eye, eagle- glance, eye of a lynx, eye of a hawk, wisdom, sapience, sense, good sense, common sense, horse sense, plain sense, rationality, reason, reasonableness, judgment, solidity, depth, profundity, caliber, enlarged views, reach of thought, compass of thought, enlargement of mind, genius, inspiration, geist, fire of genius, heaven-born genius, soul, talent, prudence, vigilance, tact, foresight, sobriety, self-possession, aplomb, ballast, a bright thought, not a bad idea, Solomon-like wisdom, intelligent, quick of apprehension, keen, acute, alive, brainy, awake, bright, quick, sharp, quick witted, keen witted, clear witted, sharp-eyed, sharp sighted, sharp witted, wide- awake, canny, shrewd, astute, clear-headed, farsighted, discerning, perspicacious, penetrating, piercing, argute, quick-witted, nimble-witted, needle-witted, sharp as a needle, sharp as a tack, alive to, clever, arch, pas si bete, acute, wise, sage, sapient, sagacious, reasonable, rational, sound, in one's right mind, sensible, abnormis sapiens, judicious, strong- minded, unprejudiced, unbiased, unbigoted, unprepossessed, undazzled, unperplexed, unwarped judgment, impartial, equitable, fair, cool, cool-headed, long-headed, hardheaded, strong-headed, long- sighted, calculating, thoughtful, reflecting, solid, deep, profound, oracular, heaven-directed, heaven-born, prudent, sober, stand, solid, considerate, politic, wise in one's generation, watchful, provident, in advance of one' age, wise as a serpent, wise as Solomon, wise as Solon, wise, sensible, reasonable, judicious, well- thought-out, well-planned, well-judged, well-advised, prudent, politic, expedient, aut regem aut fatuum nasci oportet, but with the morning cool reflection came, flosculi sententiarum, les affaires font les hommes, mas vale saber que haber, mas vale ser necio que profiadol nemo solus sapit, nosce te, gnothi seauton, nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit, sapere aude, victrix fortunae sapientia.