Discrimination vs. Inequality

Discriminationnoun

Discernment, the act of discriminating, discerning, distinguishing, noting or perceiving differences between things, with intent to understand rightly and make correct decisions.

Discriminationnoun

The act of recognizing the 'good' and 'bad' in situations and choosing good.

Discriminationnoun

(sometimes discrimination against) Distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage; treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit; partiality; prejudice; bigotry.

Discriminationnoun

The quality of being discriminating, acute discernment, specifically in a learning situation; as to show great discrimination in the choice of means.

Discriminationnoun

That which discriminates; mark of distinction, a characteristic.

Discriminationnoun

The act of discriminating, distinguishing, or noting and marking differences.

Discriminationnoun

The state of being discriminated, distinguished, or set apart.

Discriminationnoun

The arbitrary imposition of unequal tariffs for substantially the same service.

Discriminationnoun

The quality of being discriminating; faculty of nicely distinguishing; acute discernment; as, to show great discrimination in the choice of means.

Discriminationnoun

That which discriminates; mark of distinction.

Discriminationnoun

unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice

Discriminationnoun

the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished

Discriminationnoun

the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex

Discriminationnoun

recognition and understanding of the difference between one thing and another

Discriminationnoun

the ability to judge what is of high quality; good judgement or taste

Discriminationnoun

the ability to distinguish between different stimuli

Discriminationnoun

the selection of a signal having a required characteristic, such as frequency or amplitude, by means of a discriminator.

Discrimination

Discrimination is the act of making unjustified distinctions between human beings based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they are perceived to belong. People may be discriminated on the basis of race, gender, age, religion, or sexual orientation, as well as other categories.

Inequalitynoun

An unfair, not equal, state.

Inequalitynoun

(mathematics) A statement that of two quantities one is specifically less than (or greater than) another. Symbol: < or \leq or > or \geq or \ne, as appropriate.

Inequalitynoun

The quality of being unequal; difference, or lack of equality, in any respect; lack of uniformity; disproportion; unevenness; disparity; diversity; as, an inequality in size, stature, numbers, power, distances, motions, rank, property, etc.

Inequalitynoun

Unevenness; lack of levelness; the alternate rising and falling of a surface; as, the inequalities of the surface of the earth, or of a marble slab, etc.

Inequalitynoun

Variableness; changeableness; inconstancy; lack of smoothness or equability; deviation; unsteadiness, as of the weather, feelings, etc.

Inequalitynoun

Disproportion to any office or purpose; inadequacy; competency; as, the inequality of terrestrial things to the wants of a rational soul.

Inequalitynoun

An expression consisting of two unequal quantities, with the sign of inequality (

Inequalitynoun

An irregularity, or a deviation, in the motion of a planet or satellite from its uniform mean motion; the amount of such deviation.

Inequalitynoun

lack of equality;

Inequalitynoun

difference in size, degree, circumstances, etc.; lack of equality

Inequalitynoun

lack of smoothness or regularity in a surface

Inequalitynoun

the relation between two expressions that are not equal, employing a sign such as ≠ ‘not equal to’, > ‘greater than’, or < ‘less than’.

Inequalitynoun

a symbolic expression of the fact that two quantities are not equal.