discriminate
Part of speech: verb
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: First attested in 1615; borrowed from Latin discrīminātus, perfect passive participle of discrīminō (“to divide, separate, distinguish”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from discrīmen (“a space between, division, separation, distinction”), from discernō (“to divide, separate, distinguish, discern”). By surface analysis, dis- + criminate.
Affixes: -ate
Inflected forms:
form: discriminates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: discriminating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: discriminated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: discriminated
pos: verb
tags: past
form: more discriminate
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most discriminate
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: To make distinctions.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Since he was color blind he was unable to discriminate between the blue and green bottles.
gloss: To treat or affect differently, depending on differences in traits.
pos: verb
examples: Low self-esteem can affect both rich and poor people: it doesn't discriminate.
gloss: To treat or affect differently, depending on differences in traits.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The law prohibits discriminating against people based on their skin color.
“The more a young person is discriminated against, the more likely they will experience emotional difficulties including depression, anxiety, self-esteem issues and even suicidal ideation,” said Duffy, who specializes in work with teens, parents, couples and families, and wrote the book “Parenting the New Teen in the Age of Anxiety.”
The Office for Civil Rights said that it sent letters under its authority to enforce Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which bans any institution receiving federal funds from discriminating based on race, color, and national origin.
gloss: To treat or affect differently, depending on differences in traits.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
uncommon
examples: The ordinance condones immorality and discriminates against my children's rights to grow up in a healthy, decent community.
There's also expected to be a ruling out of Washington over Texas' efforts to impose a restrictive new voter law that many minority groups allege discriminates against their right to vote.
Under the RHA, a person can sue the State of Illinois or local governments like cities and counties if they improperly deny, interfere with, or discriminate against the person’s fundamental rights to make their own reproductive health decisions.
gloss: To set apart as being different; to mark as different; to separate from another by discerning differences; to distinguish.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: To discriminate the goats from the sheep.
Still stranger much, that when at length mankind
Had reach'd the sinewy firmness of their youth,
And could discriminate and argue well
On subjects more mysterious
gloss: Having its differences marked; distinguished by certain tokens.
pos: adj
examples: Nevertheless it is certain, that oisters, and cockles, and mussels, which move not, have no discriminate sex
Synonyms: differentiate
Antonyms: favor
Related words: crime
discern
discreet
discrete
Derived words: discrimination
discriminative
discriminator
discriminatory
price discriminate
undiscriminated
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