affirmative action meaning

UK US /əˈfɝmətɪv ˈækʃən/ 6 syllables

affirmative action (noun): a policy designed to redress past discrimination against women and minority groups through measures to improve their economic and educational opportunities.

Definition of affirmative action

  1. 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

    Type of: social action

How to pronounce affirmative action

affirmative action is pronounced /əˈfɝmətɪv ˈækʃən/ in American English. It has 6 syllables.

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