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discriminate against

discriminate against someone or something

to single out a type of person or thing for special negative treatment or denial of equal treatment; to act in a prejudicial manner against someone or something. This law discriminates against short people. You discriminate against people in wheelchairs.
See also: discriminate

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
GwendolynGWEN-də-lin (English)Welsh, English
RenṙenJapanese
Mordokhay-Biblical Hebrew
Darnelldahr-NELEnglish
Mcgill[mə'gil]
ÓScarOS-kahr (Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese
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