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counterdiscrimination en · NOUN

Etymology

From counter- + discrimination.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Discrimination against a group previously dominant in perpetuating discrimination.
    • Burakumin created jealousy toward Burakumin among non-Burakumin citizens, sometimes fulminating into claims of counterdiscrimination. 2010, June A. Gordon, Challenges to Japanese Education, page 120:

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Hyponyms

reverse racism