- positive; affirmative
- إيجابيّ \ positive; affirmative.
Arabic-English glossary. 2015.
positive; affirmative
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affirmative — I. adjective Date: 15th century 1. asserting a predicate of a subject 2. asserting that the fact is so 3. positive < affirmative approach > 4. favoring or supporting a proposition or motion • affirmatively adverb II … New Collegiate Dictionary
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affirmative — affirmative, positive cause difficulties in their extended use, since each term has negative for its opposite and since both words may qualify identical or similar nouns. The distinctions are not clearly fixed, but tendencies in usage may be… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
affirmative action — n: an active effort (as through legislation) to improve the employment or educational opportunities of members of minority groups or women Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. affirmative action … Law dictionary
positive discrimination — Discrimination in favour of those who were formerly discriminated against, esp in the provision of social and educational facilities and employment opportunities • • • Main Entry: ↑discriminate positive discrimination see under ↑discriminate • •… … Useful english dictionary
Positive — is a property of positivity and may refer to: Mathematics and science * Positive number, a number that is greater than 0 * Positive operator, in functional analysis, a bounded linear operator whose spectrum consists of positive real numbers *… … Wikipedia
Affirmative action in the United States — is intended to promote access to education, employment, or housing among certain designated groups (typically, minorities and women). The stated motivation for affirmative action policies is to redress the effects of past discrimination and to… … Wikipedia
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affirmative — af·fir·ma·tive /ə fər mə tiv/ adj 1: asserting the existence of certain facts esp. in support of a cause of action affirmative proof 2: resulting from an intentional act affirmative concealment 3: involving or requiring application of effort … Law dictionary
