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Discriminatory   /dɪskrˈɪmənətˌɔri/   Listen
Discriminatory

adjective
1.
Being biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand.  Synonym: prejudiced.
2.
Containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice.  Synonym: invidious.  "Invidious comparisons"
3.
Capable of making fine distinctions.  Synonym: discriminative.
4.
Manifesting partiality.  Synonym: preferential.  "Preferential tariff rates" , "Preferential treatment" , "A preferential shop gives priority or advantage to union members in hiring or promoting"






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"Discriminatory" Quotes from Famous Books



... both half right, and mostly wrong. Until it was proved that our group was guilty, Muller couldn't issue an order that was obviously discriminatory and against our personal safety in case there was an attack directed on us. He'd be mustered out of space and into the Lunar Cells for that. But on the other hand, the "safety for passengers" clause Pietro was citing applied only in the case of overt, ...
— Let'em Breathe Space • Lester del Rey

... determine. The other was a general tariff bill that proposed increases upon the then existing Wilson-Gorman bill. The first would put into the hands of the President a power that was not enjoyed by any ruler in Christendom; the second would add to the unfair and discriminatory tariff rates then in force, by making ad valorem increases in them. Many new members of Congress had been elected on the two issues thus created: the arbitrary increase of the bonded indebtedness by President Cleveland to maintain a gold reserve; and the unjust benefits ...
— Under the Prophet in Utah - The National Menace of a Political Priestcraft • Frank J. Cannon and Harvey J. O'Higgins

... on the other hand, has been jealously guarded against competition and otherwise fostered ever since 1789, when the first discriminatory tonnage tax was enforced. The Embargo Act of 1808 prohibited domestic commerce to foreign flags, and this edict was renewed in the American Navigation Act of 1817. It remained a firmly established doctrine of maritime policy until ...
— Modern American Prose Selections • Various



Words linked to "Discriminatory" :   preferential, sexist, homophobic, racist, discriminating, anti-Semite, antiblack, invidious, jaundiced, loaded, prejudiced, unfavourable, discriminate, advantageous, unprejudiced, unfavorable, discriminative



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