antipreferential

adjective

Opposing or forbidding preferential treatment.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

adjectiveantipreferential (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOpposing or forbidding preferential treatment.

    The antipreferential clause in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was effectively rendered null and void without being openly repealed.

    1994, Steven Yates, Civil Wrongs: What Went Wrong with Affirmative Action, page xx

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APA

antipreferential. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antipreferential

MLA

“antipreferential.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antipreferential. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antipreferential,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antipreferential.

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