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affirmative action

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affirmative action
n.
A policy or a program that seeks to redress past discrimination through active measures to ensure equal opportunity, as in education and employment.
affirmative action
n
(Sociology) US a policy or programme designed to counter discrimination against minority groups and women in areas such as employment and education Brit equivalent positive discrimination
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Noun1.affirmative action - 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"
social action - a social policy of reform (especially socioeconomic reform)


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