🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

discriminación

Pronunciation / Transliteration: discriminación

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Discrimination/ˌdɪs.krɪ.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #800 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La discriminación laboral es ilegal en este país."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of ethnicity, age, sex, or disability.

    "Victims of racial discrimination often struggle to find adequate employment."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'discrimination' originates from the Latin word 'discriminare', meaning 'to separate' or 'to distinguish'. It evolved through Middle French in the 17th century, where it referred to the act of distinguishing between different things, eventually taking on the connotation of unfair treatment based on characteristics such as race or gender.

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