d 2 i 1 s 1 c 3 r 1 i 1 m 3 i 1 n 1 a 1 t 1 i 1 o 1 n 1
14 letters · 19 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice
noun the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished
originLearned borrowing from Latin discrīminātiō, discrīminātiōnem, the action noun to discrīminō, discrīmināre (“distinguish”). Equivalent to discriminate + -ion. In English use from the 17th century.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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