Antonyms for affirmative actionaf·fir·ma·tive ac·tion

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1. affirmative actionnoun

   Synonyms:
   reverse discrimination

2. affirmative actionnoun

   A policy or program providing advantages for people of a minority group who are seen to have traditionally been discriminated against, with the aim of creating a more egalitarian society through preferential access to education, employment, health care, social welfare, etc.

   Synonyms:
   reverse discrimination

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Princeton's WordNet

1. affirmative actionnoun

   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"

How to use affirmative action in a sentence?

1. Lindsey Graham:

   Affirmative action is picking somebody not as well qualified for past wrongs. Michelle Childs is incredibly qualified. There's no affirmative action component if you pick her.

2. Grace Fosu:

   [ Ghana ] has made some strides with regard to women's rights in some areas but has not done very well in other areas... women's role in public life is abysmal with attempts to get an affirmative action law in place not gone far.

3. Harrison Chen:

   Everyone's looking for the same story, they don't really care what Some Asian American academic activists have to say. It's always this : Asian kid, high test scores, mad Some Asian American academic activists didn't get in, i'm interested in how affirmative action is portrayed, because it's so very dishonest.

4. Omar Wasow:

   Affirmative action is a more demanding ask of a white majority than something like interracial marriage because there's no sense of, if these people get married, I'm denying an opportunity to Omar Wasow, granting people the legal right to marry has no material cost to people who had that right but were denying it to others.

5. Michele Siqueiros:

   It's very clear that there is not enough capacity at all the elite universities combined, i have always said to my friends that focusing just on affirmative action... is not a solution.

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