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discrimination
Overview of noun discrimination
The noun discrimination has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (6) discrimination, favoritism, favouritism -- (unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice)
2. (5) discrimination, secernment -- (the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun discrimination
2 senses of discrimination
Sense 1
discrimination, favoritism, favouritism
=> social control
=> group action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
discrimination, secernment
=> basic cognitive process
=> process, cognitive process, mental process, operation, cognitive operation
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun discrimination
2 senses of discrimination
Sense 1
discrimination, favoritism, favouritism
=> ableism, ablism, able-bodiedism, able-bodism
=> ageism, agism
=> cronyism
=> fattism, fatism
=> heterosexism
=> nepotism
=> racism, racialism, racial discrimination
=> sexism
Sense 2
discrimination, secernment
=> differentiation, distinction
=> individualization, individualisation, individuation
=> taste, appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun discrimination
2 senses of discrimination
Sense 1
discrimination, favoritism, favouritism
=> social control
Sense 2
discrimination, secernment
=> basic cognitive process
Antonyms of noun discrimination
Member Holonyms of noun discrimination
Substance Holonyms of noun discrimination
Part Holonyms of noun discrimination
Member Meronyms of noun discrimination
Substance Meronyms of noun discrimination
Part Meronyms of noun discrimination
Meronyms of noun discrimination
Holonyms of noun discrimination
Attributes of noun discrimination
Derived Forms of noun discrimination
2 senses of discrimination
Sense 1
discrimination, favoritism, favouritism
RELATED TO>(verb) discriminate#2
=> discriminate, separate, single out
Sense 2
discrimination, secernment
RELATED TO>(verb) discriminate#3
=> discriminate
RELATED TO>(verb) discriminate#1
=> discriminate, know apart
Domain of noun discrimination
Domain Terms of noun discrimination
Familiarity of noun discrimination
discrimination used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun discrimination
2 senses of discrimination
Sense 1
discrimination, favoritism, favouritism
> social control
=> auto limitation
=> sanction
=> population control
=> government, governing, governance, government activity
=> enforcement
=> domination
=> socialization, socialisation, acculturation, enculturation
=> duty, responsibility, obligation
=> occupation, military control
=> management, direction
=> privation, deprivation
=> appeasement, calming
=> nationalization, nationalisation, communization, communisation
=> denationalization, denationalisation, privatization, privatisation
=> detribalization, detribalisation
=> discrimination, favoritism, favouritism
=> patronage
=> mobilization, mobilisation, militarization, militarisation
=> demobilization, demobilisation
=> standardization, standardisation, normalization, normalisation
=> punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation
=> corrections
Sense 2
discrimination, secernment
> basic cognitive process
=> attention, attending
=> inattention
=> intuition
=> perception
=> apperception
=> believing
=> classification, categorization, categorisation, sorting
=> discrimination, secernment
=> learning, acquisition
=> memory, remembering
=> representational process
Meronyms of noun discrimination
2 senses of discrimination
Holonyms of noun discrimination
Grep of noun discrimination
discrimination
freedom from discrimination
non-discrimination
racial discrimination
sexual discrimination
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