discriminates

verb

To treat or affect differently, depending on differences in traits.

(intransitive, construed with against) To make decisions harmful to (a person or group) based on prejudice.

(intransitive) To make distinctions.

(transitive) To set apart as being different; to mark as different; to separate from another by discerning differences; to distinguish.

(intransitive, construed with against, uncommon) To infringe upon (a person's rights) in a prejudicial manner.

adjective

Having its differences marked; distinguished by certain tokens.

Roots

disdis- · Latin · apart, not crimen-crimin · Latin · charge, judgment

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The word discriminates breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: dis-, from Latin dis (“apart, not”); and -crimin, from Latin crimen (“charge, judgment”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.