affirmative action

Meaning of word affirmative action from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

affirmative action noun

Meaning : A policy designed to redress past discrimination against women and minority groups through measures to improve their economic and educational opportunities.

Example : Affirmative action has been extremely controversial and was challenged in 1978 in the Bakke decision.

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Get stuck while doing something.

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Produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin').

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(Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands.

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Adversity resulting from being made a victim.

palatalized (adjective)
Produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin').

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