DISCRIMINATION

n. 1 bigotry, prejudice, bias, intolerance, favouritism, one-sidedness, unfairness, inequity In Nazi Germany discrimination was practised against everyone except the Nazis 2 taste, perception, perceptiveness, discernment, refinement, acumen, insight, penetration, keenness, judgement, sensitivity; connoisseurship, aestheticism He exercises excellent discrimination in his choice of paintings