Translate discrimination | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of discrimination
noun
[mass noun] 1the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex:victims of racial discrimination discrimination against homosexuals
2recognition and understanding of the difference between one thing and another:discrimination between right and wrong [count noun]:young children have difficulties in making fine discriminations the ability to judge what is of high quality; good judgement or taste:those who could afford to buy showed little taste or discrimination Psychology the ability to distinguish between different stimuli: [as modifier]:discrimination learning
3 Electronics the selection of a signal having a required characteristic, such as frequency or amplitude, by means of a discriminator.
