Synonyms for discriminate
dɪˈskrɪm əˌneɪt; -nɪtdis·crim·i·nate

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1. discriminateverb

   The central idea of withdrawing makes abstract in common speech a euphemism for appropriate (unlawfully), purloin, steal. In mental processes we discriminate between objects by distinguishing their differences; we separate some one element from all that does not necessarily belong to it, abstract it, and view it alone. We may separate two ideas, and hold both in mind in comparison or contrast; but when we abstract one of them, we drop the other out of thought. The mind is abstracted when it is withdrawn from all other subjects and concentrated upon one, diverted when it is drawn away from what it would or should attend to by some other interest, distracted when the attention is divided among different subjects, so that it can not be given properly to any. The trouble with the distracted person is that he is not abstracted. Compare DISCERN.

   Synonyms:
   abstract, appropriate, detach, distinguish, distract, divert, eliminate, purloin, remove, separate, steal, take away, withdraw

   Antonyms:
   add, combine, complete, conjoin, fill up, increase, restore, strengthen, unite

   Preposition:
   The purse may be abstracted from the pocket; the substance from the accidents; a book into a compend.

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1. discriminateverb

   marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions

   "discriminate judgments"; "discriminate people"

   Antonyms:
   indiscriminate, promiscuous, wholesale, sweeping

2. discriminate, know apartverb

   recognize or perceive the difference

   Synonyms:
   know apart, separate, single out

   Antonyms:
   sweeping, promiscuous, indiscriminate, wholesale

3. discriminate, separate, single outverb

   treat differently on the basis of sex or race

   Synonyms:
   divide, assort, carve up, know apart, separate, come apart, fork, classify, secern, sort out, dissever, differentiate, class, part, break, disunite, severalise, furcate, fall apart, severalize, secernate, break up, split up, split, sort, distinguish, tell apart, tell, branch, single out, ramify

   Antonyms:
   promiscuous, indiscriminate, wholesale, sweeping

4. discriminateverb

   distinguish

   "I could not discriminate the different tastes in this complicated dish"

   Synonyms:
   know apart, separate, single out

   Antonyms:
   promiscuous, sweeping, wholesale, indiscriminate

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1. • Discern

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1. discriminateverb

   Synonyms:
   distinguish, mark the difference between

2. discriminateverb

   Synonyms:
   distinguish, make a distinction, note differences, judge nicely or accurately

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1. List of paraphrases for "discriminate":

   discriminated, discriminatory, discrimination, discriminates, distinguish, differentiate

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How to use discriminate in a sentence?

1. Meenal Sachdev:

   The hospitality industry is a hub for human trafficking, modern slavery is not specific to a certain type of hotel, it doesn't discriminate between a budget or five star hotel – it goes across the board.

2. Gavin Newsom:

   Wildfires don't discriminate - they are a rural, suburban and urban danger.

3. Amy Ott:

   These messages are often damaging to girls. We are not allowed to discriminate in the U.S. based on race, disability, gender, age, etc. … So why are schools discriminating against girls based on their bodies ? you have to try a dress on and see what it looks like on you, not how it looks on someone else. … It’s like shopping for any other kind of clothing in this day and age. You want to look your best and look appropriate.

4. Jack Moline:

   President Trump was elected on the promise of a' complete and utter shutdown' of Muslim immigration to President Donald Trump. Since then, his administration has worked tirelessly to redefine' religious freedom' as a license to discriminate, if The President is serious about promoting true religious freedom worldwide, The President should start with The President own policies.

5. Chris Rufo:

   Critical race theory is a destructive ideology that has no place in medicine. Critical race theorists argue explicitly that society should discriminate on the basis of race, in the past year, we have seen medical treatment denied to members of particular racial groups, which is a flagrant violation of the Fourteenth Amendment and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The AMA is playing with fire : if they adopt critical race theory as a guiding framework, they will elevate the principles of neoracism into medical policy.