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Synonyms for discriminate

Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb dih-skrim-uh-neyt; adjective dih-skrim-uh-nit
Phonetic Transcription : verb dɪˈskrɪm əˌneɪt; adjective dɪˈskrɪm ə nɪt

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Définition of discriminate

Origin :
  • 1620s, from Latin discriminatus, past participle of discriminare "to divide, separate," from discrimen (genitive discriminis) "interval, distinction, difference," derived noun from discernere (see discern). The adverse (usually racial) sense is first recorded 1866, American English. Positive sense remains in discriminating. Related: Discriminated. Also used 17c. and after as an adjective meaning "distinct."
  • verb show prejudice
  • verb differentiate, distinguish
Example sentences :
  • Can't she discriminate between the politician and the private friend?
  • Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • The first thing, then, that we have to do, is accurately to discriminate 17.
  • Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume II (of V) » by John Ruskin
  • We cannot discriminate in dealing with the great fundamentals of life.
  • Extract from : « Sex=The Unknown Quantity » by Ali Nomad
  • Shall we not discriminate in our employment of the superlative?
  • Extract from : « My Studio Neighbors » by William Hamilton Gibson
  • I'll be better qualified after this to discriminate between the false and true.
  • Extract from : « Patchwork » by Anna Balmer Myers
  • They will absorb knowledge, as a sponge does water; but they will discriminate, as a sponge does not.
  • Extract from : « Golden Days for Boys and Girls » by Various
  • And you, young man, you should have learned to discriminate one person from another.
  • Extract from : « Foma Gordyeff » by Maxim Gorky
  • The world divides itself into people who can discriminate and people who cannot discriminate.
  • Extract from : « Suspended Judgments » by John Cowper Powys
  • The slaughter of fox was immense, but selection was discriminate.
  • Extract from : « The Heart of Unaga » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • She is known as exercising a wide if not a discriminate hospitality.
  • Extract from : « The Prime Minister » by Anthony Trollope

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