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antipreferential

antipreferential adjective: opposing or forbidding preferential treatment.

Adjective

antipreferential (not comparable)

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antipreferential clause in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was effectively rendered null and void without being openly repealed.1994, Steven Yates, Civil Wrongs: What Went Wrong with Affirmative Action, page xx

Origin of antipreferential

From anti- + preferential.

Questions about antipreferential

What does antipreferential mean?
Antipreferential means opposing or forbidding preferential treatment.
What part of speech is antipreferential?
Antipreferential is an adjective.

Words near antipreferential in the dictionary

  1. antipredation
  2. antipredator
  3. antipredatorial
  4. antipredatory
  5. antipredestinarian
  6. antipreferential
  7. antipreferred
  8. antipreformationist
  9. antipregnancy
  10. antiprejudice
  11. antiprejudicial

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