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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


SamplesAffirmative action has been extremely controversial and was challenged in 1978 in the Bakke decision.


Broader (hypernym)social action









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