Usually means: Discrimination against historically dominant groups.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. reverse discrimination: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. reverse discrimination: Merriam-Webster
  3. reverse discrimination: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. reverse discrimination: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. reverse discrimination: Collins English Dictionary
  6. reverse-discrimination: Wordnik
  7. reverse discrimination: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. reverse discrimination: Wiktionary
  9. reverse discrimination: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. reverse discrimination: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. reverse discrimination: Dictionary.com
  12. Reverse discrimination: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. reverse discrimination: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. reverse discrimination: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
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  1. Political (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Reverse discrimination: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (reverse discrimination)

noun:  (law, ethics, public policy) The policy or practice of discriminating against members of a designated group which has in the past unfairly received preferential treatment in social, legal, educational, or employment situations, with the intention of benefiting one or more other groups (such as racial, disabled, or gender groups) that have previously been discriminated against.

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