positive discrimination
Definition of positive discrimination
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: the practice of improving the educational and job opportunities of members of groups that have not been treated fairly in the past because of their race, sex, etc.
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: formally laid down or imposed : prescribed
: expressed clearly or peremptorily
: fully assured : confident
: something positive: such as
: the positive degree of comparison in a language
: a positive form of an adjective or adverb
: the act of making or perceiving a difference : the act of discriminating
: the process by which two stimuli differing in some aspect are responded to differently
: the quality or power of finely distinguishing
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