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  • 1discrimination — I (bigotry) noun bias, blind zeal, class prejudice, favoritism, illiberality, intolerance, opinionativeness, preference, prejudice, race hatred, race prejudice, racialism, racism, unfairness, want of forbearance associated concepts: blacklist,… …

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  • 2discrimination — In constitutional law, the effect of a statute or established practice which confers particular privileges on a class arbitrarily selected from a large number of persons, all of whom stand in the same relation to the privileges granted and… …

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  • 3discrimination — In constitutional law, the effect of a statute or established practice which confers particular privileges on a class arbitrarily selected from a large number of persons, all of whom stand in the same relation to the privileges granted and… …

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  • 4discrimination —    The unequal treatment of persons for a reason that has nothing to do with legal rights or ability. Federal and state laws prohibit discrimination in employment, rates of pay, right to promotion, availability of housing, educational opportunity …

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  • 5discrimination — di‧scrim‧i‧na‧tion [dɪˌskrɪmˈneɪʆn] noun [uncountable] 1. ECONOMICS the process of treating one market, country, type of product etc differently from another: • the discrimination in favour of imported wine when it comes to excise duty ˈprice… …

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  • 6Discrimination — This article focuses on discrimination in sociology, not statistical discrimination. For other uses of the term, see the entry for discrimination at Wiktionary. Part of a series on …

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  • 7discrimination — noun 1 treating a person/group unfairly ADJECTIVE ▪ gender, sex, sexual, sexual orientation (esp. AmE) ▪ age, class, race, racial …

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  • 8prohibit — verb ADVERB ▪ strictly ▪ Smoking in public areas is strictly prohibited. ▪ clearly, explicitly, expressly, specifically ▪ The law specifically prohibits …

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  • 9Employment discrimination — (or workplace discrimination) is discrimination in hiring, promotion, job assignment, termination, and compensation. It includes various types of harassment. Many jurisdictions prohibit some types of employment discrimination, often by forbidding …

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  • 10Employment Non-Discrimination Act — The Employment Non Discrimination Act (ENDA), is a proposed U.S. federal law that would prohibit discrimination against employees on the basis of sexual orientation. Currently, there are two versions of the bill: *USBill|110|H.R.|2015, introduced …

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