| 单词 | colour discrimination |
| 释义 | > as lemmascolour discrimination colour discrimination n. (a) unjust or prejudicial treatment of a person on grounds of skin colour; (b) the ability to discriminate between various colours. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > racial attitudes > [noun] > racism > segregation or discrimination discrimination1819 colour discrimination1868 colour bar1869 segregation1903 plural democracy1939 apartheid1947 parallel development1950 separate development1955 petty apartheid1964 1868 Nation 13 Aug. 126/2 The senator..recently delivered a speech against color discrimination in the distribution of the franchise. 1874 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 68 202 The resumé here given of our knowledge upon the general subject of colour discrimination. 1931 R. Graves Poems 1926–30 10 It [sc. philately] strengthened the nation In the arts of mensuration And colour-discrimination. 1957 P. Worsley Trumpet shall Sound vii. 126 These ‘Australians’ were remarkable for their friendly..attitudes to the natives, the ‘English’ for their maintenance of colour-discrimination. 1992 RS Components: Electronic & Electr. Products July–Oct. 546/3 SOX lamps emit a characteristic yellow-orange light and are therefore unsuitable for applications where colour discrimination is required. 2000 B. Carter Realism & Racism viii. 155 The prevalence of race ideas as common sense may encourage colour discrimination. < as lemmas |
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