KansalaisuuskurssiGlossary · Chapter 6: Equality
syrjintä
Finnish word. In English: discrimination
Treating a person worse than others for a reason related to them as a person, for example age, origin or religion.
Facts about the word
- Discrimination includes direct and indirect discrimination, harassment, denial of reasonable accommodation and an instruction or order to discriminate. Yhdenvertaisuuslaki 8 §
- Discrimination is banned even when it is based on an assumption. Yhdenvertaisuuslaki 8 §
- An example of discrimination: a landlord requires the tenant to be a Finnish citizen. InfoFinland
The facts come from public sources, such as the authorities' own pages and the law.
Try the word in a sentence
Only one of the sentences uses the word correctly. Which one?
Discrimination is worse treatment for a reason related to the person. You do not discriminate coffee.
The word belongs to Chapter 6: Equality and gender equality. The chapter page has the full context and practice questions.
