affirmative action
noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Sense 1 noun
a policy designed to redress past discrimination against women and minority groups through measures to improve their economic and educational opportunities
affirmative action has been extremely controversial and was challenged in 1978 in the Bakke decision
Types & categories
- social action hypernym
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| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | social action |