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{
"term": "discrimination",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the practice of treating somebody or a particular group in society less fairly than others",
"sensetop": "discrimination against somebodydiscrimination in favour of somebodydiscrimination by somebodydiscrimination on the basis of somethingdiscrimination on the grounds of something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**age/racial/gender/sex discrimination** *(= because of somebody’s age, race, gender or sex)*"
},
{
"text": "discrimination against the elderly",
"contextForm": "discrimination against somebody"
},
{
"text": "discrimination in favour of the young",
"contextForm": "discrimination in favour of somebody"
},
{
"text": "They alleged discrimination by the authorities.",
"contextForm": "discrimination by somebody"
},
{
"text": "to **prohibit/outlaw/ban discrimination** on the basis of race, gender or sexual orientation",
"contextForm": "discrimination on the basis of something"
},
{
"text": "legislation to ban discrimination on the grounds of age",
"contextForm": "discrimination on the grounds of something"
},
{
"text": "They examined racial discrimination in the workplace."
},
{
"text": "Levels of discrimination against recent immigrants are high."
},
{
"text": "Many disabled people face discrimination at work."
},
{
"text": "Overt sex or race discrimination is illegal."
},
{
"text": "Racist remarks by an employer to an employee can amount to unlawful discrimination."
},
{
"text": "The charity is campaigning to end mental health discrimination."
},
{
"text": "The discrimination occurred at the shortlisting stage, not the interviews."
},
{
"text": "The law now prohibits racial and ethnic discrimination."
},
{
"text": "There is widespread discrimination against travelling communities."
},
{
"text": "discrimination based on sexuality"
},
{
"text": "evidence of discrimination against black workers"
},
{
"text": "lawsuits alleging discrimination"
},
{
"text": "the federal government's employment discrimination laws"
},
{
"text": "Jews suffered many forms of discrimination in medieval Europe."
},
{
"text": "Most minority groups in this country have experienced some form of discrimination."
},
{
"text": "Our policy forbids discrimination on the grounds of a person's race, gender or sexuality."
},
{
"text": "There are plans to introduce a new law dealing with religious discrimination."
},
{
"text": "This is blatant discrimination against people with disabilities."
},
{
"text": "With the current job situation, age discrimination in employment is becoming more common."
},
{
"text": "Yesterday the club was cleared of racial discrimination against one of its members."
},
{
"text": "Members of the LGBTQ community are alleging discrimination because of their sexual orientation."
}
],
"topics": ["Social issues", "Working life"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["gender", "sex", "sexual"],
"… of discrimination": ["level"],
"verb + discrimination": ["amount to", "constitute", "encounter"],
"discrimination + verb": ["occur", "exist"],
"preposition": [
"discrimination against",
"discrimination by",
"discrimination in favour/favor of"
],
"phrases": [
"an act of discrimination",
"discrimination based on something",
"evidence of discrimination"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the ability to judge what is good, true, etc.",
"labels": "(approving)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He showed great discrimination in his choice of friends."
},
{
"text": "You need to use your discrimination when assessing the various approaches on offer."
},
{
"text": "The president has been criticized for his lack of discrimination in his choice of political allies."
},
{
"text": "She showed great discrimination in rejecting the poor-quality teas."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["fine", "great", "colour/color"],
"verb + discrimination": ["make", "show"],
"preposition": ["discrimination between"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the ability to recognize a difference between one thing and another; a difference that is recognized",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to learn discrimination between right and wrong"
},
{
"text": "Young children find it difficult to make fine discriminations."
},
{
"text": "It takes a lot of experience to make such fine discriminations."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["fine", "great", "colour/color"],
"verb + discrimination": ["make", "show"],
"preposition": ["discrimination between"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˌskrɪmɪˈneɪʃn/",
"audio": "di/discrimination/discrimination__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˌskrɪmɪˈneɪʃn/",
"audio": "di/discrimination/discrimination__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}