A simplified description of the legal definition of discrimination is when a person is treated disfavourably or when a person's dignity is violated. The disfavourable treatment or the violation of a person's dignity must also be related to one of the seven grounds of discrimination.
Discrimination noun U (WORSE TREATMENT) Some immigrants were victims of discrimination. The law made racial discrimination in employment a serious crime. She claims she is a victim of age discrimination.
1. unfair treatment of a person, racial group, minority, etc; action based on prejudice. 2. subtle appreciation in matters of taste.
1 a : to see the special features of. b : to perceive a difference in : differentiate. 2 : to distinguish by discerning or exposing differences; especially : to distinguish from another like object. 3 : to make a difference in treatment or favor on a basis other than individual merit.
A simplified description of the legal definition of discrimination is when a person is treated disfavourably or when a person's dignity is violated.
To treat a person or particular group of people differently, especially in a worse way from the way in which you treat other people, because of their race, gender, sexuality, etc.: be discriminated against She felt she had been discriminated against because of her age.
To discriminate against a group of people or in favor of a group of people means to unfairly treat them worse or better than other groups. They believe the law discriminates against women. legislation which would discriminate in favor of racial minorities.
Discrimination is the process of making unfair or prejudicial distinctions between people based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they belong or are perceived to belong, such as race, gender, age, species, religion, physical attractiveness or sexual orientation.
Noun. 1. an act or instance of discriminating. 2. treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than on individual merit.