nondiscrimination

noun

An act or policy of not engaging in discrimination.

OriginEnglish discrimination ← Middle English non- ← Old English nān- →
Less commonScrabble 22
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Meanings

nounnondiscrimination (usually uncountable, plural nondiscriminations)

plural nondiscriminations · alternative non-discrimination

  1. uncountableusuallyAn act or policy of not engaging in discrimination.
    1 more example

    “The college is unfortunately not comfortable accepting any new NSF or NIH grants, at least at this time,” wrote Provost Eiko Siniawer and Lara Shore-Sheppard, dean of faculty. “This new condition goes well beyond a standard certification that the college comply with all applicable nondiscrimination laws.”

    2025 June 6, Jeffrey Mervis, “Exclusive: U.S. college is first to decline federal science grants because of new DEI language”, in Science

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Englishdiscrimination
  15. Englishnondiscrimination

From non- + discrimination.

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Translations

French non-discrimination
  • non-discriminationTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

nondiscrimination. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nondiscrimination

MLA

“nondiscrimination.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nondiscrimination. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nondiscrimination,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nondiscrimination.

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