Definition of Discrimination

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Discrimination

The act of discriminating, distinguishing, or noting and marking differences.

The state of being discriminated, distinguished, or set apart.

The arbitrary imposition of unequal tariffs for substantially the same service.

The quality of being discriminating; faculty of nicely distinguishing; acute discernment; as, to show great discrimination in the choice of means.

That which discriminates; mark of distinction.

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Discrimination Quotations

Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at Negroes in every waking moment of their lives to remind them that the lie of their inferiority is accepted as truth in the society dominating them.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

If the Negroes are to remain forever removed from the producing atmosphere, and the present discrimination continues, there will be nothing left for them to do.
Carter G. Woodson

Negroes who have been so long inconvenienced and denied opportunities for development are naturally afraid of anything that sounds like discrimination.
Carter G. Woodson

In the long run, there is not much discrimination against superior talent.
Carter G. Woodson

Liberalism, above all, means emancipation - emancipation from one's fears, his inadequacies, from prejudice, from discrimination, from poverty.
Hubert H. Humphrey

Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.
Thurgood Marshall

I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.
Jimmy Carter

There is no room in baseball for discrimination. It is our national pastime and a game for all.
Lou Gehrig

It's a great mistake, I think, to put children off with falsehoods and nonsense, when their growing powers of observation and discrimination excite in them a desire to know about things.
Anne Sullivan

The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success are concentration, discrimination, organization, innovation and communication.
Michael Faraday

Discrimination Translations

discrimination in Dutch is discriminatie
discrimination in French is discernement
discrimination in German is Unterscheidung, Diskriminierung
discrimination in Norwegian is diskriminering
discrimination in Swedish is diskriminering, urskillning

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