counterdiscrimination

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

counter- +‎ discrimination

Noun[edit]

counterdiscrimination (countable and uncountable, plural counterdiscriminations)

  1. Discrimination against a group previously discriminated against.
    Hyponym: reverse racism
    • 2010, June A. Gordon, Challenges to Japanese Education, page 120:
      Burakumin created jealousy toward Burakumin among non-Burakumin citizens, sometimes fulminating into claims of counterdiscrimination.
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