discriminate

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[ UK /dɪskɹˈɪmɪnˌe‍ɪt/ ]
[ US /dɪsˈkɹɪməˌneɪt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions
    discriminate people
    discriminate judgments
VERB
  1. distinguish
    I could not discriminate the different tastes in this complicated dish
  2. treat differently on the basis of sex or race
  3. recognize or perceive the difference
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How To Use discriminate In A Sentence

  • Thereafter thought, weighing the truth or falseness of the notion, determines what is true: and this explains the Greek word for thought, dianoia, which is derived from dianoein, meaning to think and discriminate. NPNF2-09. Hilary of Poitiers, John of Damascus
  • Eventually almost all postwar writers whose work departs significantly from convention have come to be labeled "postmodernist," a term that has definable meaning but that also has been used as an aid in this lashing-out, a way to further disparage such writers both by lumping them together indiscriminately and by identifying their work as just another participant in literary fashion. Postmodernism
  • He claimed that the school district stepped over the line with its affirmative action plan and that race was improperly used to discriminate against the white teacher.
  • Indiscriminate concelebration with Patriotic clergy can't be considered as permitted. Archive 2009-07-01
  • Thus, we can use measures of skewness for distributions of expression differences for classified genes to discriminate between models.
  • Critics credit it with transforming millions of indiscriminate guzzlers into quasi foodies. Times, Sunday Times
  • The results indicate that, on average, listeners are able to discriminate between the two.
  • Separately, Russia called on the international community to stop what it called the "indiscriminate" use of force in Libya, saying it was killing civilians. Arab League Criticizes Libya No-Fly Zone Implementation
  • I NOTICE that apart from the widespread complaint that the German pilotless planes ‘seem so unnatural’ (a bomb dropped by a live airman is quite natural, apparently), some journalists are denouncing them as barbarous, inhumane, and ‘an indiscriminate attack on civilians’. As I Please
  • Wanting to allow someone to discriminate is not racist any more than wanting to allow someone to speak racist things is racist. The Volokh Conspiracy » The “Racist” Charge
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