discrimination

discrimination
noun
1) (discernment) [kritisches] Urteilsvermögen
2) (differential treatment) Diskriminierung, die (against Gen.)

discrimination against Blacks/women — Diskriminierung von Schwarzen/Frauen

discrimination in favour of — Bevorzugung (+ Gen.)

racial discrimination — Rassendiskriminierung, die

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noun die Diskriminierung
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dis·crimi·na·tion
[dɪˌskrɪmɪˈneɪʃən]
n no pl
1. (prejudice) Diskriminierung f, Benachteiligung f
age \discrimination unterschiedliche Behandlung [o Benachteiligung] aufgrund des Alters
positive [or reverse] \discrimination Begünstigung f benachteiligter Schichten
racial \discrimination Rassendiskriminierung f
sexual \discrimination, \discrimination on grounds of sex Diskriminierung f aufgrund des Geschlechts
2. (taste) [kritisches] Urteilsvermögen, Urteilskraft f
3. (ability to differentiate) Unterscheidung f
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[dI"skrImI'neISən]
n
1) (= differential treatment) Diskriminierung f

racial discrimination — Rassendiskriminierung f

sex(ual)/religious discrimination — Diskriminierung f aufgrund des Geschlechts/der Religion

2) (= differentiation) Unterscheidung f (between zwischen +dat)
3) (= discernment) kritisches Urteilsvermögen
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discrimination [dıˌskrımıˈneıʃn] s
1. Unterscheidung f
2. Unterschied m
3. unterschiedliche Behandlung:
discrimination against Benachteiligung f (gen), Diskriminierung f (gen);
discrimination in favo(u)r of Begünstigung f (gen), Bevorzugung f (gen)
4. Scharfblick m, Urteilskraft f, -fähigkeit f, Unterscheidungsvermögen n
5. Unterscheidungsmerkmal n
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noun
1) (discernment) [kritisches] Urteilsvermögen
2) (differential treatment) Diskriminierung, die (against Gen.)

discrimination against Blacks/women — Diskriminierung von Schwarzen/Frauen

discrimination in favour of — Bevorzugung (+ Gen.)

racial discrimination — Rassendiskriminierung, die

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n.
Diskriminierung f.
Unterscheidung f.

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