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31Disparate treatment — is one of the theories of discrimination under Title VII of the United States Civil Rights Act; the other theory is disparate impact. Title VII prohibits employers from treating applicants or employees differently because of their membership in a …
32disparate impact — dis·par·ate impact / dis pə rət , dis par ət / n: an unnecessary discriminatory effect on a protected class caused by a practice or policy that appears to be nondiscriminatory compare bona fide occupational qualification, disparate treatment… …
33disparate treatment — n: treatment of an individual (as an employee or prospective juror) that is less favorable than treatment of others for discriminatory reasons (as race, religion, national origin, sex, or disability) compare bona fide occupational qualification,… …
34Disparate Impact — In US employment law, the doctrine of disparate impact holds that employment practices may be considered discriminatory and illegal if they have a disproportionate adverse impact on members of a minority group. Under the doctrine, a violation of… …
35disparate impact — American a difference in intelligence, education, or ability Sociological jargon to explain away the result of any examination or test where one group consistently achieves better results than another: Wherever there is disparate… …
36disparate — adjective Etymology: Middle English desparat, from Latin disparatus, past participle of disparare to separate, from dis + parare to prepare more at pare Date: 15th century 1. containing or made up of fundamentally different and often incongruous… …
37disparate — Unequal; not alike. [L. disparo, pp. atus, to separate, fr. paro, to prepare] * * * dis·pa·rate dis par ət, dis p(ə )rət adj indicating or stimulating dissimilar points on the retina of each eye * * * dis·pa·rate (disґpə rāt) [L.… …
38disparate — pop. Atrocidad, exceso, demasía …
39disparate — Synonyms and related words: assorted, asymmetric, at odds, at variance, contrary, contrasted, contrasting, counter, departing, deviating, deviative, different, differentiated, differing, disaccordant, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, discrete …
40disparate — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. different, dissimilar, diverse; see different 1 , 2 . See Synonym Study at different . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. different, dissimilar, distinct, contrasting, unequal, uneven, inconsistent. ANT.: comparable III… …
