discrimination
nounHow many syllables in discrimination?
There are 5 syllables in the word discrimination.How to pronounce discrimination:
Definition of discrimination:
- discrimination (noun):
- prejudiced or prejudicial outlook, action, or treatment
- unfair treatment of a person, racial group, or minority
- unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice.
Synonyms for discrimination:
able-bodism
ableism
ablism
ageism
agism
bias
bigotry
cronyism
demarcation
differentiation
discreteness
distinction
fatism
fattism
favoritism
favouritism
heterosexism
inequity
injustice
intolerance
nepotism
prejudice
racial discrimination
racialism
racism
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Antonyms for discrimination:
antipathy
balance
coequality
disinclination
disinterest
dislike
egalitarianism
equal opportunity
equal rights
equal treatment
equality
equitability
equity
even-handedness
fair treatment
fairness
hate
hatred
impartiality
isonomia
isonomy
justice
justness
lack of bias
lack of prejudice
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- recollectable
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- uncomfortable
- proletariat
- Lusitania
- unanimity
- Kilimanjaro
- ignominious
- Ekaterina
- intransigently
- immortality
- unadventurous
- a fortiori
- prolifically
- physiology
- ad infinitum
- bayeux tapestry
- illuminati
- archaeology
- inexpensively
- ironically
- sexdecillion
- sensitivity
- anticipation
- delinquency
- unremarkable
- Giuliana
- usability
- incorporeal
- symbolically
- mispronunciation
- catecholamines
- unreasonably
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- inexorable
- inadvisable
- ferociously
- notoriety
- desegregation
- appreciative
- coincidentally
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