Antidiscrimination
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Antidiscrimination is an adjective meaning (law) Opposing or disallowing discrimination.
Meaning
(law) Opposing or disallowing discrimination.
Example Sentences
The antidiscrimination laws prohibit hiring based on race.
School officials told the faculty Williams won’t accept new grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) or the National Institutes of Health (NIH) until the agencies clarify new language requiring grantee institutions to certify they aren’t doing anything to “promote or advance diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) … in violation of federal antidiscrimination laws.”
Word Forms
- anti-discrimination
Synonyms for antidiscrimination
Depending on context, synonyms include antidiscriminatory, antidiscriminative.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include anti-discriminative, antiprejudice, antiprejudicial, antidisability, antioppression, antipreferential.
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