discrimination

differential treatment based on membership of a certain group
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discrimination

Summary

discrimination is a sociological concept[1]. discrimination draws 3,167 Wikipedia views per month (sociological_concept category, ranking #7 of 51).[2]

Key Facts

  • discrimination's instance of is recorded as sociological concept[3].
  • discrimination's instance of is recorded as legal term or legal concept[4].
  • discriminant is named after discrimination[5].
  • discrimination is a type of behavior[6].
  • discrimination is a type of social issue[7].
  • discrimination is a type of discrimination[8].
  • discrimination's Commons category is recorded as Prejudice and discrimination[9].
  • discrimination's said to be the same as is recorded as negative discrimination[10].
  • discrimination's said to be the same as is recorded as affirmative action[11].
  • discrimination is the opposite of non-discrimination[12].
  • discrimination is the opposite of anti-discrimination[13].
  • discrimination comprises racism[14].
  • discrimination comprises sexism[15].
  • discrimination comprises ableism[16].
  • discrimination comprises lookism[17].
  • discrimination comprises class discrimination[18].
  • discrimination comprises homophobia[19].
  • discrimination comprises transphobia[20].
  • discrimination's has cause is recorded as xenophobia[21].
  • discrimination's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Discrimination[22].
  • discrimination's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Discrimination[23].
  • discrimination's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[24].
  • discrimination's described by source is recorded as Gender Glossar[25].
  • discrimination's described by source is recorded as Red Blue Translator[26].
  • discrimination's topic has template is recorded as Template:Discrimination sidebar[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include sociological concept[3] and legal term or legal concept[4]. Recorded subclass of include behavior[6], social issue[7], and discrimination[8]. Recorded opposite of include non-discrimination[12] and anti-discrimination[13].

Origins

discriminant is named after discrimination[5].

Use and Application

Components include racism[14], a political ideology[28]; sexism[15]; ableism[16]; lookism[17], a non-medical phobia[29]; class discrimination[18]; and homophobia[19], a LGBTQ-related non-medical phobias[30].

Influence

Things named for discrimination include gender discrimination[31].

Why It Matters

discrimination draws 3,167 Wikipedia views per month (sociological_concept category, ranking #7 of 51).[2] discrimination has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] discrimination is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for discrimination include gender discrimination[31].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . allsides.com. allsides.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [31] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id h0008600-diskriminace
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0008600-diskriminace, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
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