discriminação
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin discrīminātiōnem (“the contrasting of opposite thoughts”). By surface analysis, discriminar + -ção.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
- Hyphenation: dis‧cri‧mi‧na‧ção
Noun[edit]
discriminação f (plural discriminações)
- discrimination (unfair treatment on the basis of prejudice)
- Synonym: racismo
- discernment (distinguishing between things)
- Synonyms: discernimento, separação, distinção
Usage notes[edit]
Not to be confused with descriminação.
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “discriminação” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
Categories:
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Latin
- Portuguese learned borrowings from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms suffixed with -ção
- Portuguese 5-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐ̃w̃
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐ̃w̃/5 syllables
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