desegregation
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- noun
- /ˌdiːsɛɡrɪˈɡeɪʃən/
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desegregación
- The desegregation of schools in the 1960s allowed children of all races to learn together.
- school desegregation
- desegregation plan
- racial desegregation
John Lewis was the child of a sharecropper, ended up going to Nashville for college where he got involved in desegregation of lunch counters.
- John Lewis was the child of a sharecropper, ended up going to Nashville for college where he got involved in desegregation of lunch counters.
Examples
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Second, numerous studies fail to find a strong association between desegregation and Black achievement.
Academic text (1992) -
Wolters is generally critical of the role of the courts in school desegregation.
Academic text (1993) -
Brown was considered a milestone for school desegregation in the South and the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.
Academic text (2013) -
So there had been a Supreme Court decision in favor of desegregation, but it never been enforced.
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The experiment with full desegregation lasted less than one month.
Academic text (2008) -
First, most of the increase in school desegregation occurred from 1968 to 1972.
Academic text (1992) -
Magnet schools grew out of changes in desegregation policy in the 1970s.
Academic text (1992) -
The majority emphasized that school desegregation cases were special situations involving constitutional violations.
Academic text (1992) -
If the Supreme Court ordered busing to achieve racial desegregation of public schools, would you be opposed to it?
Academic text (1990) -
And ironically, Robeson had taken as one of his causes to bring about the desegregation of baseball, Major League Baseball.
Synonyms
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To bring people from different races or religions into a community as equals
Bringing people from different races or religions into the same community
Antonyms
- Offensive
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Authorities keep people apart by race or religion, often with different facilities
How Integrated
Surface Forms
Morphology
desegregation = desegregate (transparent) = de + segregate + ion
This is a standard noun formation from the verb 'desegregate', meaning the process of desegregating.
Etymology
Desegregation comes from the prefix de- meaning 'remove' and segregate, which is about 'keeping groups apart' and is the opposite of congregate ('come together'). So desegregation means 'removing' that separation so different racial or religious groups can mix freely.