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antidiscrimination en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English discrimination English antidiscrimination From anti- + discrimination.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Opposing or disallowing discrimination
    • 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.” 2025 June 6, Jeffrey Mervis, “Exclusive: U.S. college is first to decline federal science grants because of new DEI language”, in Science:

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Synonyms

antidiscriminatory · antidiscriminative