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English noun: affirmative action | |||
| 1. | affirmative action (communication) a policy designed to redress past discrimination against women and minority groups through measures to improve their economic and educational opportunities | ||
| Samples | Affirmative action has been extremely controversial and was challenged in 1978 in the Bakke decision. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | social action | ||
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