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antidiscrimination

antidiscrimination

4.3
That prevents unfair treatment of people because of race, gender, or religion
  • adjective
  • /ˌæntiˌdɪskrɪməˈneɪʃən/
translation icon : antidiscriminatorio
  • Advocates are pushing for antidiscrimination laws that protect individuals from unfair treatment in housing and employment.

Examples

  • And, as we have argued above, the denial of the exemption was justified by a compelling interest, namely, the enforcement of the purposes of Colorado's antidiscrimination law.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Contrary to the Court's holding in that case, however, the Free Exercise Clause is not simply an antidiscrimination principle that protects only against those laws that single out religious practice for unfavorable treatment.

    Academic text (1997)
  • An antidiscrimination conception of "cruel and unusual punishment" more assuredly fits both elements of the constitutional conjunction.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Ten years later, the Supreme Court of North Carolina carefully avoided an antidiscrimination reading of its state constitution's counterpart to the Eighth Amendment.

    Academic text (2004)
  • The new policy is designed to create an antidiscrimination framework that will ensure equal treatment for all employees.

  • The organization implemented an antidiscrimination training program to address bias in the workplace.

Synonyms

nondiscriminatory
vsantidiscrimination
1 4.8

Treating all people fairly and equally without favoring anyone

is intended to prevent or oppose unfair treatment based on group traits
nondiscriminating
vsantidiscrimination
4.6

Treating all people the same without unfair preference

is aimed specifically at preventing unfair treatment of groups like race or gender

Antonyms

discrimination
  • Offensive
535 3.5

Unfair treatment of people because of their race, age, or sex

Surface Forms

Morphology

antidiscrimination = discrimination (transparent) = anti + discrimination

The meaning is directly compositional: 'anti-' means against or opposing, and 'discrimination' names the practice being opposed.

Etymology

Antidiscrimination combines the prefix anti- meaning 'against' and discrimination meaning 'treating people unfairly', so it describes something that is against unfair treatment.