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Definition: Meaning of, origin in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈɒrɪdʒɪn /

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[uncountable and countable]
  1. also origins [plural] the place or situation in which something begins to exist
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  2. also origins [plural] the country, race, or type of family which someone comes from [↪  extraction]
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Pronunciation: rɪˈvəːs dɪˌskrɪmɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n
Parts of Speech: noun
the practice of giving unfair treatment to a group of people who usually have advantages, in order to be fair to the group of people who were unfairly treated in the past [↪  positive discrimination]