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👂 Inability to tell apart ⚖️ No careful distinction
indiscrimination

indiscrimination

9.6
Not able to tell similar sights, sounds, or textures apart
  • noun
  • /ˌɪndɪsˈkrɪmɪneɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : indiscriminación
  • The audiologist noted the patient's indiscrimination between similar tones during the hearing assessment.

Examples

  • Children with sensory processing issues may show indiscrimination when identifying different textures.

  • Visual indiscrimination can make it difficult for some people to tell colors apart.

  • The patient's indiscrimination in taste made it difficult to enjoy food.

  • His indiscrimination between colors was alarming to the doctors.

  • The audiologist noted the patient's indiscrimination between similar tones during the hearing assessment.

  • Children with sensory processing issues may show indiscrimination when identifying different textures.

  • Visual indiscrimination can make it difficult for some people to tell colors apart.

Synonyms

indiscernibility
vsindiscrimination
9.9

A state in which something is impossible to see or tell apart

is about reduced ability to notice differences, not absolute impossibility to perceive
indistinguishability
vsindiscrimination
9.9

A situation when you cannot tell two things apart

emphasizes observer's weaker perception rather than exact identity
indistinction
vsindiscrimination
8.6

Not clearly separate from something else

focuses on reduced ability to perceive separate stimuli, not vague boundaries

Antonyms

discrimination
7 4.8

Ability to notice small differences between things, for example in sound or color

How Discriminating

indiscrimination
  • Specialized
9.6

Surface Forms

indiscrimination singular
indiscriminations plural

Morphology

indiscrimination = discrimination (semi-transparent) = in + discriminate + ion

Negating the noun 'discrimination' with 'in-' straightforwardly gives the absence or impairment of such distinguishing ability.

Etymology

Indiscrimination comes from the parts in- meaning 'not' and discriminate meaning 'to tell apart' or 'separate'. Imagine sounds or colors all blending together so you cannot tell them apart, and that's why indiscrimination can mean an inability to notice different sensory stimuli.