{
    "term": "discrimination",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the practice of treating somebody or a particular group in society less fairly than others",
            "sensetop": "discrimination against somebodydiscrimination in favour of somebodydiscrimination by somebodydiscrimination on the basis of somethingdiscrimination on the grounds of something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**age/racial/gender/sex discrimination** *(= because of somebody’s age, race, gender or sex)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "discrimination against the elderly",
                    "contextForm": "discrimination against somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "discrimination in favour of the young",
                    "contextForm": "discrimination in favour of somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They alleged discrimination by the authorities.",
                    "contextForm": "discrimination by somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **prohibit/outlaw/ban discrimination** on the basis of race, gender or sexual orientation",
                    "contextForm": "discrimination on the basis of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "legislation to ban discrimination on the grounds of age",
                    "contextForm": "discrimination on the grounds of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They examined racial discrimination in the workplace."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Levels of discrimination against recent immigrants are high."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many disabled people face discrimination at work."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Overt sex or race discrimination is illegal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Racist remarks by an employer to an employee can amount to unlawful discrimination."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The charity is campaigning to end mental health discrimination."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The discrimination occurred at the shortlisting stage, not the interviews."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The law now prohibits racial and ethnic discrimination."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is widespread discrimination against travelling communities."
                },
                {
                    "text": "discrimination based on sexuality"
                },
                {
                    "text": "evidence of discrimination against black workers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "lawsuits alleging discrimination"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the federal government's employment discrimination laws"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Jews suffered many forms of discrimination in medieval Europe."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most minority groups in this country have experienced some form of discrimination."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our policy forbids discrimination on the grounds of a person's race, gender or sexuality."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are plans to introduce a new law dealing with religious discrimination."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is blatant discrimination against people with disabilities."
                },
                {
                    "text": "With the current job situation, age discrimination in employment is becoming more common."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Yesterday the club was cleared of racial discrimination against one of its members."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Members of the LGBTQ community are alleging discrimination because of their sexual orientation."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Social issues", "Working life"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["gender", "sex", "sexual"],
                "… of discrimination": ["level"],
                "verb + discrimination": ["amount to", "constitute", "encounter"],
                "discrimination + verb": ["occur", "exist"],
                "preposition": [
                    "discrimination against",
                    "discrimination by",
                    "discrimination in favour/​favor of"
                ],
                "phrases": [
                    "an act of discrimination",
                    "discrimination based on something",
                    "evidence of discrimination"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the ability to judge what is good, true, etc.",
            "labels": "(approving)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He showed great discrimination in his choice of friends."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You need to use your discrimination when assessing the various approaches on offer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The president has been criticized for his lack of discrimination in his choice of political allies."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She showed great discrimination in rejecting the poor-quality teas."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["fine", "great", "colour/​color"],
                "verb + discrimination": ["make", "show"],
                "preposition": ["discrimination between"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the ability to recognize a difference between one thing and another; a difference that is recognized",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to learn discrimination between right and wrong"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Young children find it difficult to make fine discriminations."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It takes a lot of experience to make such fine discriminations."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["fine", "great", "colour/​color"],
                "verb + discrimination": ["make", "show"],
                "preposition": ["discrimination between"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˌskrɪmɪˈneɪʃn/",
                "audio": "di/discrimination/discrimination__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˌskrɪmɪˈneɪʃn/",
                "audio": "di/discrimination/discrimination__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}