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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
DannyDAN-eeEnglish
MervMURVEnglish
Nuruddin-Arabic
Ion (1)YON (Romanian)Basque, Romanian
Emmett['emit]
HathorHAHTH-awr (English)Egyptian Mythology (Hellenized)
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