Anti-Racism Toolkit References (Ref 5): Discrimination - Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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Source: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Title: discrimination Year: n.d URL: https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/discrimination

discrimination Word family (noun) discrimination (adjective) discriminatory (verb) discriminate From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English di‧scrim‧i‧na‧tion /dɪˌskrɪməˈneɪʃən/ ●●○ noun [uncountable] 1 the practice of treating one person or group differently from another in an unfair way laws to prevent discrimination discrimination against widespread discrimination against older people in the job market discrimination in favour of discrimination in favour of university graduates racial/sex/religious etc discrimination (=treating someone unfairly because of their race, sex etc) → positive discrimination, reverse discrimination ► see thesaurus at prejudice 2 the ability to recognize the difference between two or more things, especially the difference in their quality shape discrimination

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