French word

discriminatoire

Pronunciation

IPA/diskʁiminatwaʁ/

Meaning

  • adjectivediscriminatory

Example

Ce commentaire est discriminatoire.

This comment is discriminatory.

Illustration for discriminatoire (discriminatory)

More examples

Le salarié a dénoncé un traitement discriminatoire dans l'entreprise.

The employee reported discriminatory treatment at the company.

Core concept

A social filter uses a personal characteristic to sort people and leaves one group with less favorable treatment.

Common phrases

  • traitement discriminatoire

    discriminatory treatment

  • attitude discriminatoire

    discriminatory attitude

  • comportement discriminatoire

    discriminatory behavior

Similar words

injuste: Failing to treat people fairly or justly.
partial: Biased toward one side rather than fair to all sides.
biaisé: Distorted by prior bias or incorrect information.
excluant: Excluding particular people from a group or activity.

Definition in French

Qui traite différemment et de façon injuste des personnes ou des groupes en se basant sur des caractéristiques telles que l'âge, le sexe, l'origine ou la religion.

Word origin

The adjective discriminatoire is built on French discriminer and ultimately reflects Latin discriminare, to distinguish or separate.

Usage tips

  • For a person as the object, French uses discriminer quelqu'un, often followed by en raison de to state the basis for the treatment.

Opposites

  • équitableequitableadjective
  • impartialimpartialadjective

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