Psychiatry and Psychology

Social Discrimination

Differential or prejudicial group behavior toward others by virtue of their group membership.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Differential or prejudicial group behavior toward others by virtue of their group membership.

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Synonyms

12 entry terms
  • Discrimination, Social
  • Discrimination Exposure
  • Discriminatory Practices
  • Exposure to Discrimination
  • Housing Discrimination
  • Discrimination Exposures
  • Discrimination, Housing
  • Discriminatory Practice
  • Exposure to Discriminations
  • Exposure, Discrimination
  • Housing Discriminations
  • Practice, Discriminatory

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Aspects Covered

10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, ethnology, history, legislation & jurisprudence, prevention & control, psychology, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

do not confuse with DISCRIMINATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL

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History Note

2013; use PREJUDICE 1982-2012

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Previous Indexing

  • Prejudice (1982-2012)

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  1. F01.145.813w.629w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Social Discrimination. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D063508. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D063508
  2. Social Discrimination. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrimination
  3. Social Discrimination. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q169207