WordNet: affirmative action
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"
- hypernym social action
affirmative action
- (suomi) positiivinen syrjintä (synonyymi)
- (suomi) diskriminoinnin kohteeksi joutuneen kansanryhmän jäsenten suosiminen (synonyymi)
- (suomi) vähemmistöjä tukeva toiminta (synonyymi)