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Discrimination vs Ethnocentrism - What's the difference?

discrimination | ethnocentrism |

As nouns the difference between discrimination and ethnocentrism

is that discrimination is a distinction; discernment, the act of discriminating, discerning, distinguishing, noting or perceiving differences between things while ethnocentrism is the tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own traditional, deferred, or adoptive ethnic culture.

discrimination

Noun

(en noun)
  • a distinction; discernment, the act of discriminating, discerning, distinguishing, noting or perceiving differences between things.
  • The state of being discriminated, distinguished from, or set apart.
  • (sometimes discrimination against ) distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage; treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit; partiality; prejudice; bigotry
  • sexual or racial discrimination
  • The quality of being discriminating, acute discernment, specifically in a learning situation; as to show great discrimination in the choice of means.
  • That which discriminates; mark of distinction, a characteristic.
  • Derived terms

    * nondiscrimination * reverse discrimination

    Hyponyms

    *heterosexism *ageism *ableism *xenophobia

    See also

    * stereotype * bias * racism ----

    ethnocentrism

    Noun

    (-)
  • The tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own traditional, deferred, or adoptive ethnic culture.