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discrimination
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + discrimination
racial/race discrimination
• Laws have been passed banning racial discrimination.
sex/sexual discrimination
( also gender discrimination formal )
• She claimed she’d been the victim of sex discrimination.
age discrimination
• Age discrimination disadvantages older workers.
religious discrimination
• There must be an end to religious discrimination.
job/employment discrimination
(= not giving someone a job because of their race, sex etc )
• Progress has been made in eliminating job discrimination.
workplace discrimination
(= at the place where people work )
• The new law aims to bring an end to workplace discrimination.
unlawful discrimination
(= not allowed by law )
• The European Court of Justice decided that she had been the subject of unlawful discrimination.
verbs
experience/face discrimination
• Government figures suggest that ethnic minorities face discrimination looking for jobs.
end/outlaw discrimination
• The purpose of the law is to end discrimination in the workplace.
phrases
a victim of discrimination
(= someone who has experienced discrimination )
• Victims of discrimination have the right to make a complaint.
discrimination on the grounds/basis of something
• Discrimination on the grounds of nationality is prohibited.
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noun treating a person/group unfairly ADJ. age, class, gender, race/racial, religious, sex/sexual | widespread There is widespread discrimination against doctors of Asian origin. | active, blatant, direct, explicit, overt evidence of active discrimination against black workers | covert, indirect | positive, reverse positive discrimination in favour of disadvantaged racial groups | illegal, unlawful Overt sex or race discrimination is illegal. | employment, job | government, institutional/institutionalized institutionalized discrimination against women within the police force QUANT. level Levels of discrimination against recent immigrants are high. VERB + DISCRIMINATION amount to, constitute Racist remarks by an employer to an employee can amount to unlawful discrimination. | experience, face, suffer (from) Many disabled people suffer discrimination at work. | practise | allege law suits alleging discrimination | be opposed to, combat, fight | ban, end, forbid, outlaw, prohibit, stop DISCRIMINATION + VERB occur The discrimination occurred at the shortlisting stage, not the interviews. PREP. ~ against discrimination against women | ~ by Discrimination by age is as vicious as discrimination by race. | ~ in favour of Some firms practise discrimination in favour of older people. | ~ on the grounds of It's time we banned discrimination on the grounds of age. PHRASES a victim of discrimination judgement ADJ. great | careful, fine VERB + DISCRIMINATION make Young children find it difficult to make fine discriminations. | show She showed great discrimination in rejecting the poor quality teas. PREP. ~ between discrimination between right and wrong
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