Vocabulary
Discrimination
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.
Urdu meaning
امتیاز، فرق، تفریق
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Hatred of Pakistan has been used to whet unseen levels of Islamophobia and discrimination against Indian Muslims.
Dawn Editorials —
Global order shift
— 2026-05-02
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Women demanding protection from gender-based violence and discrimination were rounded up by the very state meant to safeguard their rights.
Dawn Editorials —
Silenced march
— 2026-03-10
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Prejudice and discrimination are felt by many across the country, which is why ethnonationalist politics that mobilises against majority prejudice and discrimination repeatedly finds its takers.
Dawn Editorials —
Geography or ethnicity
— 2026-03-02
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The first is that if prejudice, or status discrimination, is the determining variable, we would not see variation in development outcomes/indicators across ethnic groups depending on their geographic location.
Dawn Editorials —
Geography or ethnicity
— 2026-03-02
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To uproot gender discrimination and exploitation with modern safeguards for children, the perils of such practices, and guarantees for reforms with enforcement of statutes, must find space in political campaigns.
Dawn Editorials —
Legal progress
— 2026-02-14
Synonyms
prejudice, bias, bigotry, intolerance, narrow-mindedness, unfairness, inequity
Curator example
“victims of racial discrimination”
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