discriminated
Showed bias against
Discriminated is the past tense of discriminate, which has two distinct directions.
To discriminate can mean to perceive or make fine distinctions: a discriminated palate, She discriminated between subtle shades of meaning.
More commonly now, it means to treat people unfairly based on group membership: The company discriminated against older workers.
The neutral sense has faded as the prejudicial sense has dominated.
Pushed to society's edges
- excludedShut out, denied entry
- ostracizedExcluded from a group
- persecutedSubjected to hostile treatment
- segregatedForcibly kept separate
disenfranchised · victimized · stigmatized · alienated · ghettoized · outcast · shunned · blacklisted
Preformed unfavorable opinion
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- stereotypeFixed oversimplified notion
- profilingCharacterizing by patterns
- racismPrejudice based on ethnicity
sexism · ageism · ableism · homophobia · xenophobia · partiality · favoritism · intolerance
Unequal distribution of resources
- inequityUnfair distribution or treatment
- unfairnessUnjust or biased treatment
- disparityMeasurable difference between things
- violationBreaking of rules
wronged · mistreated · abuse · exploitation · deprivation · infringement · systemic · institutionalized
Made unlike others
- distinguishedNotable and respected
- discernedPerceived with effort
- separatedPut or kept apart
- identifiedDetermined the identity of
recognized · perceived · detected · noted · observed · told apart · set apart · contrasted
marginalized
Pushed to society's edges
- excludedShut out, denied entry
- ostracizedExcluded from a group
- persecutedSubjected to hostile treatment
segregated · disenfranchised · victimized · stigmatized · alienated · ghettoized · outcast · shunned · blacklisted · boycotted
prejudice
Preformed unfavorable opinion
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- stereotypeFixed oversimplified notion
- profilingCharacterizing by patterns
racism · sexism · ageism · ableism · homophobia · xenophobia · partiality · favoritism · intolerance · chauvinism
inequality
Unequal distribution of resources
- inequityUnfair distribution or treatment
- unfairnessUnjust or biased treatment
- disparityMeasurable difference between things
violation · wronged · mistreated · abuse · exploitation · deprivation · infringement · systemic · institutionalized · civil rights
differentiated
Made unlike others
- distinguishedNotable and respected
- discernedPerceived with effort
- separatedPut or kept apart
identified · recognized · perceived · detected · noted · observed · told apart · set apart · contrasted · delineated
- Disadvantageddisadvantaged, underprivileged, vulnerable, marginalized, needy
- wrongedabused, mistreated, victimized, exploited, oppressed
- discrimination lawsLegal protections against prejudice
- age discriminationPrejudice based on years lived
- racial discriminationPrejudice based on ethnicity
- gender discriminationPrejudice based on sex
- job discriminationPrejudice in hiring or promotion
- housing discriminationUnequal treatment in property access
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