POSITIVE ACTION

Domain	Definition
Social Sciences	Measures targeted at a particular group and intended to eliminate and prevent discrimination or to offset disadvantages arising from existing attitudes, behaviours and structures(sometimes referred to as positive discrimination). Source: European Union. (references)
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Commercial Usage: POSITIVE ACTION

Domain	Title
Books	Positive Action in Action: Equal Opportunities and Declining Opportunities on Merseyside (Research in Ethnic Relations Series) (reference) Minorities in medicine : from receptive passivity to positive action, 1966-76 (reference) The Kid's Guide to Social Action: How to Solve the Social Problems You Choose-And Turn Creative Thinking into Positive Action (reference) (more book examples)
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Speeches: POSITIVE ACTION

Frequency of Internet Keywords: POSITIVE ACTION

Modern Translation: POSITIVE ACTION

Language		Translations for "POSITIVE ACTION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		positive foranstaltninger (affirmative action, assertive action), positiv særbehandling (affirmative action, assertive action). (various references)

Dutch		positieve discriminatie (affirmative action, assertive action), positieve actie (affirmative action, assertive action). (various references)

Finnish		positiiviset erityistoimet (affirmative action, assertive action), tasa-arvon edistäminen (affirmative action, assertive action). (various references)

French		action positive. (various references)

German		Fördermaßnahmen (affirmative action, assertive action). (various references)

Greek		θετική δράση (affirmative action, assertive action). (various references)

Italian		azione positiva (affirmative action, assertive action). (various references)

Pig Latin		ositivepay actionay

Portuguese		acção positiva (affirmative action, assertive action). (various references)

Spanish		acción positiva (affirmative action, assertive action). (various references)

Swedish		aktiva åtgärder (affirmative action, assertive action). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: POSITIVE ACTION

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-i-i-n-o-o-p-s-t-t-v"
	-3 letters: captivities.
	-4 letters: activities, antipoetic, antiseptic, constative, constipate, estivation, evocations, nativistic, nativities, nepotistic, novitiates, poinsettia, psittacine, speciation, stenotopic, tonicities, visitation, vitiations.
	-5 letters: citations, epistatic, evictions, evocation, initiates, invocates, isooctane, novitiate, opacities, optatives, opticians, paintiest, patooties, petitions, pianistic, pietistic, pittances, pointiest, potations, sincipita, taconites, tantivies, vasotocin, vitiation, vocations.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-i-i-n-o-o-p-s-t-t-v"
	+5 letters: overcapitalizations.
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Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Harry S. Truman	1945-1953	We must take positive action to foster new, expanding enterprises.
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Specialty Definition: POSITIVE ACTION

Expression	Frequency per Day
positive action	7
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