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glaring disparity

English translation: striking difference (esp. negative)

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English term or phrase:glaring disparity
Selected answer:striking difference (esp. negative)
Entered by: adel almergawy

08:21 Apr 22, 2020
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Social Sciences - International Org/Dev/Coop
English term or phrase: glaring disparity
some girls suffer from glaring disparity between boys and girls at very young age. They grew up in a middle class family with philanthropic parents who reminded them how lucky we were and give back to those who were less fortunate,it is a way of life
adel almergawy
Egypt
Local time: 21:35
striking difference (esp. negative)
Explanation:
A "glaring disparity" is a strikingly noticeable (often negative) difference between two things. As an example, if one child goes to school until the age of 10, and another goes to school until the age of 18, there would be a "glaring disparity" in their educational levels.

Glaring: "used to say that something bad is very obvious"
Disparity: "a lack of equality or similarity, especially in a way that is not fair"

Incidentally, and for additional info as this is in EN-EN, we'd normally talk of "a" glaring disparity, rather than just "glaring disparity", as in your text.
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Jennifer Caisley
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:35
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4 +4striking difference (esp. negative)
Jennifer Caisley
4huge difference
Katya Kesten
4Huge gender discrimination/inequality
Youssef Chabat


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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
striking difference (esp. negative)


Explanation:
A "glaring disparity" is a strikingly noticeable (often negative) difference between two things. As an example, if one child goes to school until the age of 10, and another goes to school until the age of 18, there would be a "glaring disparity" in their educational levels.

Glaring: "used to say that something bad is very obvious"
Disparity: "a lack of equality or similarity, especially in a way that is not fair"

Incidentally, and for additional info as this is in EN-EN, we'd normally talk of "a" glaring disparity, rather than just "glaring disparity", as in your text.



    https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/glaring
    https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/disparity
Jennifer Caisley
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:35
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Asker: a lot of gratitude


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Irina Solodova
8 mins
  -> Thank you, Irina!
agree  Tony M
9 mins
  -> Thanks, Tony!
agree  philgoddard
6 hrs
agree  Yvonne Gallagher: absolutely
2 days 49 mins
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
huge difference


Explanation:
A very noticeable difference between. It probably refers to the opportunities available to them/the treatment they receive.

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Note added at 15 mins (2020-04-22 08:37:00 GMT)
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Context: "But the more I went on these expeditions, the more I began to notice the simplest things that distinguished a boy from a girl or a man from a woman. For example, girls were pulled out of school when they hit puberty because they were considered ready for marriage and babies. That's 12 and 13 while boys still enjoyed their childhood. Or basic human rights such as health care were denied just because they were women" https://english-speeches.blogspot.com/2018/11/priyanka-chopr...

Katya Kesten
Local time: 14:35
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Huge gender discrimination/inequality


Explanation:
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Note added at 13 mins (2020-04-22 08:35:02 GMT)
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According to the context. That's gender discrimination, inequality or disparity
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_inequality

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Note added at 17 mins (2020-04-22 08:38:25 GMT)
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https://dictionary.cambridge.org/fr/dictionnaire/anglais/gen...
https://eige.europa.eu/thesaurus/terms/1162

Youssef Chabat
Morocco
Local time: 20:35
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
Notes to answerer
Asker: grateful to you for your addition

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