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DEFINITIONS OF:
single out
1
v
select from a group
“She was
singled out
for her outstanding performance”
Type of:
choose
,
pick out
,
select
,
take
pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
v
treat differently on the basis of sex or race
Synonyms:
discriminate
,
separate
Types:
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insulate
,
isolate
place or set apart
hive off
remove from a group and make separate
segregate
separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation
redline
discriminate in selling or renting housing in certain areas of a neighborhood
disadvantage
,
disfavor
,
disfavour
put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm
segregate
separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others
ghettoise
,
ghettoize
put in a ghetto
cloister
seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister
seclude
,
sequester
,
sequestrate
,
withdraw
keep away from others
quarantine
place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons
maroon
leave stranded on a desert island without resources
hamper
,
handicap
,
hinder
put at a disadvantage
prejudice
disadvantage by prejudice
Type of:
differentiate
,
distinguish
,
secern
,
secernate
,
separate
,
severalise
,
severalize
,
tell
,
tell apart
mark as different
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