affirmative action

Definitions

Commerce

• noun the practice of providing opportunities for disadvantaged groups such as ethnic minorities, women or people with disabilities

Law

• noun a policy of positive discrimination to help groups in society who have a disadvantage

Politics

• noun a policy of preventing the unfair treatment of specific groups in society who have a disadvantage, or who have suffered unfair treatment in the past, such as people with disabilities, ethnic groups and women

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Contexts for “affirmative action”

3 definitions in context
• Commerce
• Law
• Politics