discriminate.
To make distinctions.
Meaning & usage
To make distinctions.
Since he was color blind he was unable to discriminate between the blue and green bottles.
To treat or affect differently, depending on differences in traits.
Low self-esteem can affect both rich and poor people: it doesn't discriminate.
To treat or affect differently, depending on differences in traits. To make decisions harmful to (a person or group) based on prejudice.
The law prohibits discriminating against people based on their skin color.
To treat or affect differently, depending on differences in traits. To infringe upon (a person's rights) in a prejudicial manner.
To set apart as being different; to mark as different; to separate from another by discerning differences; to distinguish.
Where this word comes from
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.
Having its differences marked; distinguished by certain tokens.
Where this word comes from
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.
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