noun
1 treating a person/group unfairly
ADJECTIVE
▪ gender , sex , sexual , sexual-orientation ( esp. AmE )
▪ age , class , race , racial
▪ religious , social
▪ disability
▪ pregnancy ( esp. AmE )
▪ viewpoint ( AmE )
▪
the First Amendment's ban on viewpoint ~
▪ widespread
▪
There is widespread ~ against doctors of Asian origin.
▪ active , blatant , direct , overt
▪
evidence of active ~ against black workers
▪ subtle
▪ intentional
▪ direct , indirect (both BrE )
▪ perceived
▪ positive ( BrE ), reverse ( AmE )
▪
positive ~ in favour of disadvantaged racial groups
▪
They claim to be the victims of reverse ~.
▪ illegal , unlawful
▪
Overt sex or race ~ is illegal.
▪ legal
▪ employment , job , workplace ( esp. AmE )
▪ housing ( AmE )
▪ government , institutional , institutionalized
▪
institutionalized ~ against women in the police
… OF DISCRIMINATION
▪ level
▪
Levels of ~ against recent immigrants are high.
VERB + DISCRIMINATION
▪ amount to , constitute
▪
Racist remarks by an employer to an employee can amount to unlawful ~.
▪ encounter , experience , face , suffer , suffer from
▪
Many disabled people suffer ~ at work.
▪ practise/practice
▪ allege , claim
▪
lawsuits alleging ~
▪ be opposed to , combat , fight
▪ ban , bar ( esp. AmE ), forbid , outlaw , prohibit
▪ eliminate , end , stop
DISCRIMINATION + VERB
▪ occur
▪
The ~ occurred at the shortlisting stage, not the interviews.
▪ exist
▪
Does racial ~ still exist in the workplace?
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ against
▪
~ against women
▪ ~ by
▪
~ by age/race
▪ ~ in favour/favor of
▪
Some companies practise ~ in favour of older people. ( BrE )
▪
Some companies practice ~ in favor of older people. ( AmE )
▪ ~ on the grounds of
▪
It's time we banned ~ on the grounds of age.
PHRASES
▪ an act of ~
▪ ~ based on sth
▪
~ based on sexuality
▪ evidence of ~
▪ a form of ~
▪ racial and ethnic ~ ( AmE )
▪
The law now prohibits racial and ethnic ~.
▪ a victim of ~
2 ability to recognize differences
ADJECTIVE
▪ fine , great
▪ colour/color
VERB + DISCRIMINATION
▪ make
▪
Young children find it difficult to make fine ~s.
▪ show
▪
She showed great ~ in rejecting the poor quality teas.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ between
▪
~ between right and wrong