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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hazel	HAY-zəl	English
Sybille	see-BI-lə (German)	German, French
Tercero	ter-THE-ro (Spanish), ter-SE-ro (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Bruno	BROO-no (German), BRUW-naw (Polish)	German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Croatian, Polish, Ancient Germanic
Slava	-	Russian, Slovene, Croatian
Marcellino	mahr-chel-LEE-no	Italian