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 The mind is abstracted when it is withdrawn from all other subjects and concentrated upon one, diverted when it is drawn away from what it would or should attend to by some other interest, distracted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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1. 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.

2. Jennifer Pizer:

   It is a signal to those who want to discriminate that they have greater leeway to do so.

3. Daniel Conkle:

   This 'license-to-discriminate' argument that seems to have this relentless repetition is just legally wrong, it is as if you just keep repeating something often enough it takes on a life of its own.

4. Scott Spychala:

   I just think there's going to be opportunities down the road where people can use their religion to discriminate, it's taking us back in history.

5. Rachel Maginn Rosser:

   This virus... doesn't discriminate. It doesn't care if you're old or you're young, or you're healthy or you're not. Once you get it, it can be devastating to your family.