counterdiscrimination
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From counter- + discrimination.
Noun
[edit]counterdiscrimination (countable and uncountable, plural counterdiscriminations)
- Discrimination against a group previously dominant in perpetuating discrimination.
- 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.