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41positive discrimination — Policies and practices which favour groups (mainly ethnic groups and women) who have historically experienced disadvantages (usually in the fields of employment and education). In the United States the alternative terms ‘affirmative action’ and… …
42positive discrimination — N UNCOUNT Positive discrimination means making sure that people such as women, members of smaller racial groups, and disabled people get a fair share of the opportunities available. [BRIT] Mr Singh wanted to reserve places for low caste Indians… …
43Positive liberty — #time:j F Y| #time:#ifeq:#time:Y|einval 2000|#time:Y|einval 2001|j F Y|j F|einval Progressivism Liberalism sidebarPositive liberty refers to the opportunity and ability to act to fulfill one s own potential, as opposed to negative liberty , which …
44discrimination — di|scrim|i|na|tion [dıˌskrımıˈneıʃən] n [U] 1.) the practice of treating one person or group differently from another in an unfair way ▪ laws to prevent discrimination discrimination against ▪ widespread discrimination against older people in the …
45discrimination — noun (U) 1 the practice of treating one particular group in society in an unfair way (+ against): Laws have got to be tougher to stop discrimination against the disabled. (+ in favour of): discrimination in favour of university graduates | racial …
46positive — adj. & n. adj. 1 formally or explicitly stated; definite, unquestionable (positive proof). 2 (of a person) convinced, confident, or overconfident in his or her opinion (positive that I was not there). 3 a absolute; not relative. b Gram. (of an… …
47positive — adj. 1 certain VERBS ▪ be, seem, sound ADVERB ▪ absolutely, quite (esp. BrE) ▪ I m absolutely positive it was him …
48positive discrimination — constructive discrimination which is used to help minority groups move ahead after suffering from years of negative discrimination …
49positive discrimination — noun Brit. the practice or policy of favouring individuals belonging to groups which suffer discrimination …
50positive discrimination — /ˌpɒzətɪv dəskrɪməˈneɪʃən/ (say .pozuhtiv duhskrimuh nayshuhn) noun discrimination which works actively to favour a previously disadvantaged group in society, or to further the interests of one group of people as opposed to another …
