principle of discrimination
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprincipleanddiscrimination
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principle
noun
uk/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/us/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/
a basic idea or rule that explains or controls how something happens ...
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discrimination
noun[U]
uk/dɪˌskrɪm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/us/dɪˌskrɪm.əˈneɪ.ʃən/
treating a person or particular group of people differently, especially in a worse way from the way in which you treat other people, because of their race, gender, ...
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(Definition ofprincipleanddiscriminationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I do not think we can ever get away from theprincipleofdiscrimination.
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There are two great constitutional principles involved in this matter, the principle of retrospective legislation and theprincipleofdiscriminationagainst persons.
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They do not recommend acceptance of theprincipleofdiscriminationbetween the needs of different kinds of workers for the purpose of differential rationing.
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It is not aprincipleofdiscriminationat all.
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Theprincipleofdiscriminationhas been embodied in these allowances from the start.
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It seems to me to lie in thisprincipleofdiscrimination.
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Probably one thing is that it seeks to introduce a newprincipleofdiscriminationfor determining allowances between one taxpayer and another.
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I wish to discuss theprincipleofdiscrimination.
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It is aprincipleofdiscriminationwhich so much disappoints, pains, surprises those who take the trouble to follow this question.
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Does all this argue the merits of a trading system that is based increasingly upon abandoning theprincipleofdiscrimination?
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The effect of this will be to apply within the west midlands the sameprincipleofdiscriminationthat previously did so much harm to the area as a whole.
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Whatprincipleofdiscriminationwill there be between one industry and another which shall determine whether it is to be nationalised or not, or is there no principle at all?
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