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Nondiscrimination

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

In the context of machine learning non-discrimination can be defined as follows: (1) people that are similar in terms non-protected characteristics should receive similar predictions, and (2) differences in predictions across groups of people can only be as large as justified by non-protected characteristics.

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Senses

Cambridge Dictionary

the practice of treating people, companies, countries, etc. in the same way as others in order to be fair:

non-discrimination

the practice of treating people, companies, countries, etc. in the same way as others in order to be fair

Wordset Dictionary

fairness in treating people without prejudice

Classifications

Entity Type

Requirement85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Sensitivity

80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class

95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants

alternatephrasing
Non-Discrimination
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Nondiscriminations
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Nondiscrimination's
pluralpossessive
Nondiscriminations'