affirmative action
English
Noun
affirmative action (usually uncountable, plural affirmative actions)
- (uncountable) A set of policies or programs providing advantages for people of a group who are seen to have traditionally been discriminated against.
- (countable) A specific policy with such a goal.
- 1995, Gene A. Lew, Perspectives on Affirmative Action and Its Impact on Asian Pacific Americans:
- The debate on specific affirmative actions has similarly been reduced to mean quotas and preferential treatment of minorities and white women at the expense of white males.
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Synonyms
- positive discrimination
- reverse discrimination
Translations
set of policies