Definition of Discriminations. Meaning of Discriminations. Synonyms of Discriminations

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Definition of Discriminations

Discrimination
Discrimination Dis*crim`i*na"tion, n. [L. discriminatio the contrasting of opposite thoughts.] 1. The act of discriminating, distinguishing, or noting and marking differences. To make an anxious discrimination between the miracle absolute and providential. --Trench. 2. The state of being discriminated, distinguished, or set apart. --Sir J. Reynolds. 3. (Railroads) The arbitrary imposition of unequal tariffs for substantially the same service. A difference in rates, not based upon any corresponding difference in cost, constitutes a case of discrimination. --A. T. Hadley. 4. The quality of being discriminating; faculty of nicely distinguishing; acute discernment; as, to show great discrimination in the choice of means. 5. That which discriminates; mark of distinction. Syn: Discernment; penetration; clearness; acuteness; judgment; distinction. See Discernment.

Meaning of Discriminations from wikipedia

- Discrimination is the process of making unfair or prejudicial distinctions between people based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they...
- acquisition of discriminations human cognitive psychology the experimental analysis of behaviour, where a key issue was whether discriminations could be trained...
- Price discrimination ("differential pricing", "equity pricing", "preferential pricing", "dual pricing", "tiered pricing", and "surveillance pricing") is...
- Term discrimination is a way to rank keywords in how useful they are for information retrieval. This is a method similar to tf-idf but it deals with finding...
- Racial discrimination is any discrimination against any individual on the basis of their race, ancestry, ethnic or national origin, and/or skin color and...
- Statistical discrimination may refer to: Statistical discrimination (economics) Linear discriminant analysis (statistics) This disambiguation page lists...
- Mortgage discrimination or mortgage lending discrimination is the practice of banks, governments or other lending institutions denying loans to one or...
- Viewpoint discrimination is a concept in United States jurisprudence related to the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. If a speech act...
- Reverse discrimination is a term used to describe discrimination against members of a dominant or majority group, in favor of members of a minority or...
- Economic discrimination is discrimination based on economic factors. These factors can include job availability, wages, the prices and/or availability...