Discrimination Definition, Prefix, Suffix, Ologies and Isms, Discrimination Information and Meaning

See also FAVORITISM.

ageism, agism

discrimination on the basis of age, especially against older people.

chauvinism

ardent, unreasoned favoritism for a particular group. See also NATIONALISM. —chauvinist, n.

racism

discrimination on the basis of race, especially against blacks and other non-whites.

sexism

discrimination on the basis of sex, especially against women.