antipreferential

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

anti- +‎ preferential

Adjective[edit]

antipreferential (not comparable)

  1. Opposing or forbidding preferential treatment.
    • 1994, Steven Yates, Civil Wrongs: What Went Wrong with Affirmative Action, page xx:
      The antipreferential clause in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was effectively rendered null and void without being openly repealed.