1. (n.) The act of discriminating, distinguishing, or noting and marking differences.

2. (n.) The state of being discriminated, distinguished, or set apart.

3. (n.) The arbitrary imposition of unequal tariffs for substantially the same service.

4. (n.) The quality of being discriminating; faculty of nicely distinguishing; acute discernment; as, to show great discrimination in the choice of means.

5. (n.) That which discriminates; mark of distinction.

Atticism Jim Crow Jim Crow law acquired taste acumen adjudgment adjudication aestheticism alteration analysis anatomization anti-Semitism apartheid appreciation of excellence appropriateness arbitrament arbitration astuteness atomization bias bigotry black power black supremacy censoriousness change chasteness chastity chauvinism choice choiceness choosiness circumspection circumspectness civilized taste civilizedness clarity class consciousness class distinction class hatred class prejudice class war classicalism classicism clearness color bar color line comeliness connoisseurship conscientiousness consideration cool judgment correctness criticalness cultivated taste cultivation culture daintiness deeming delicacy demarcation desynonymization differencing differentiation dignity directness discernment discreetness discretion discriminatingness discriminativeness disequalization disjunction distinction distinguishment diversification division ease eclecticism elegance elegancy excellence fascism fastidiousness favoritism felicitousness felicity finesse finish fittingness flow flowing periods fluency good judgment good taste grace gracefulness gracility graciosity graciousness inclination individualization individuation inequality inequity insight interest intolerance involvement judgement judging judgment judicature judiciousness keenness know-nothingism leaning limpidity lucidity male chauvinist meticulousness minority prejudice modification naturalness neatness nepotism niceness nicety one-sidedness parti pris partiality particularity particularization particularness partisanism partisanship pellucidity penetration perception perceptiveness percipience perfectionism personalization perspicacity perspicuity picking and choosing plainness policy polish polity preciseness precisianism precision preference preferential treatment prejudice priggishness propriety providence prudence prudentialism prudishness punctilio punctiliousness purism puritanism purity quality race hatred race prejudice race snobbery racial discrimination racialism racism red-baiting refinement reflection reflectiveness restraint scrupulosity scrupulousness seemliness segregation selectiveness selectivity sense sensitivity separation severalization severance sex discrimination sexism shrewdness simplicity smoothness social barrier social discrimination sophistication sound judgment soundness of judgment specialization straightforwardness strictness subtlety superpatriotism taste tastefulness terseness thoughtfulness ultranationalism unaffectedness undetachment undispassionateness unfairness unneutrality variation weighing white power white supremacy wit xenophobia