Dictionary entry

Discrimination

Pronunciation: /dɪˌskrɪmɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n/

Pronunciation

/dɪˌskrɪmɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) ခွဲခြားသိမြင်နိုင်ခြင်း။ခွဲခြားခြင်း။

Definition

discrimination /dÇskrÇmÇ'neÇʃn/ n ၁။ [U] ~ (against/in favour of sb) ခြဲျခားဆက္ဆံျခင္း။ widespread racial/sexual discrimination ❍ This is a clear case of discrimination against foreign imports. See also POSITIVE DISCRIMINATION ၂။ [U] ေရြးခ်ယ္တတ္ျခင္း။ ဆံုးျဖတ္ တတ္ျခင္း။ show discrimination in one's choice of friends/clothes. ၃။ ( fml ) (က) [U] ကြဲျပားျခားနားမႈကို သိျမင္တတ္ေသာ စြမ္းရည္။ ခြဲျခားသိျခင္း။ ခြဲျခားႏိုင္ျခင္း။ learn discrimination between right and wrong. (ခ) [C] ျခားနားမႈ။ ကြဲျပား မႈ။

Examples

  1. [sexual/sex/racial/age discrimination] : Ms Howell claimed she had been the victim of sexual discrimination.
  2. [discrimination against] : Discrimination against women
  3. [discrimination in] : The legislation would outlaw discrimination in employment
  4. housing
  5. and education.
  6. [discrimination on the grounds of] : Discrimination on the grounds of sex or race is unlawful.
  7. Try to exercise discrimination when making your choice.