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discriminating
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of DISCRIMINATING
1
favoring, applying, or being unequal treatment of different classes of people <accused of discriminating practices in the hiring of employees>
Related Words biased, inequitable, partial, partisan, prejudiced, prejudicial, unequal, unfair, unjust; clubby, elitist, selective; segregative
Near Antonyms equal, equitable, fair, just; impartial, neutral, objective, unbiased, uncolored, unprejudiced
Antonyms nondiscriminatory
2
serving to identify as belonging to an individual or group <a discriminating feature of poison ivy is a compound leaf with three mitten-shaped leaflets>
Synonyms classic, diagnostic (also diagnostical), discriminating, distinct, distinctive, distinguishing, identifying, individual, peculiar, proper, symptomatic, typical
Related Words idiosyncratic; identifiable, pronounced, unmistakable; general, generic; common, normal, regular, usual; especial, particular, special, specific; archetypal (also archetypical), model, paradigmatic
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