ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

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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