Meanings
alternative anti-discrimination
- not comparablelawOpposing or disallowing discrimination
The antidiscrimination laws prohibit hiring based on race.
1 more example
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 ScienceSynonyms: antidiscriminatory, antidiscriminative
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOpposing or disallowing discrimination
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
- Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
- Englishanti-
- Englishdiscrimination
- Englishantidiscrimination
From anti- + discrimination.
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Rhymes with antidiscrimination
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antidiscrimination. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antidiscrimination
“antidiscrimination.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antidiscrimination. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antidiscrimination,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antidiscrimination.
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