discriminate
verb
/dɪˈskɹɪm.əˌneɪt/
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/dɪˈskɹɪm.əˌnæɪt/
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/dɪˈskɹɪm.ɪ.neɪt/
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/dɪˈskɹɪm.ɪ.nət/
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- (intransitive, construed with against) To make decisions based on prejudice.
- (transitive) To set apart as being different; to mark as different; to separate from another by discerning differences; to distinguish.
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discriminare
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discrimination
noun
/dɪskɹɪmɪˈneɪʃən/
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- (uncountable, countable) Discernment, the act of discriminating, discerning, distinguishing, noting or perceiving differences between things, with the intent to understand rightly and make correct decisions. [from early 17th c.]
- (uncountable, countable, sometimes, with, "against") Differential treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage; treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit; partiality; prejudice; bigotry. [from early 19th c.]
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discriminazione
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discriminant
noun
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- (geometry) The invariant (on the vector space of forms of degree d in n variables) that vanishes exactly when the corresponding hypersurface in Pn-1 is singular.
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discriminante
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discriminator
noun
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- A person who discriminates, as:
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discriminatore,
discriminatrice
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