Discrimination meaning: Discrimination definition

Discrimination definition: an act or instance of discriminating, or of making a distinction.. See examples of DISCRIMINATION used in a sentence. The meaning of DISCRIMINATION is the act, practice, or an instance of unfairly treating a person or group differently from other people or groups on a class or categorical basis (such as race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation) : prejudiced or prejudicial outlook or practice. Discrimination is the process of making prejudicial distinctions between people based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they belong or are perceived to belong, [1] such as race, gender, age, class, religion, disability or sexual orientation. [2] . discrimination, the intended or accomplished differential treatment of persons or social groups for reasons of certain generalized traits. The targets of discrimination are often minorities, but they may also be majorities, as black people were under apartheid in South Africa.