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🚧 To divide groups again 🔄 To separate again
to resegregate

to resegregate

1 9.1
To separate people into different groups again after they mixed
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈsɛɡrəˌɡeɪt/
translation icon : resegregar
  • Although the scores for both resegregated and desegregated schools improved each year, the desegregated schools continued to perform better than the resegregated schools.
  • resegregated schools

Examples

  • As the doctrine of "separate but equal" gains support, the impact of resegregating schools on academic achievement should be investigated more extensively.

    Academic text (2003)

  • The purpose of this paper is to analyze the achievement gap between resegregated and desegregated schools in the city of Norfolk.

    Academic text (2003)

  • As we watch the public schools resegregate, it is obvious that the promises of Brown have not been fulfilled.

    Academic text (2003)

  • For the first time since the 1950s, our schools in America are resegregating.

    Academic text (2004)

  • When one resegregates poor and minority children in public schools, one limits life chances.

    Academic text (2003)

  • "Don't let them resegregate our schools," Lowery says in the ads.

    Blog text (6)

  • The purpose of this study was to describe the trends in the achievement gap between resegregated and integrated schools in the city of Norfolk.

    Academic text (2003)

  • During the 1990s, many school districts abandoned school desegregation initiatives and quietly resegregated the public schools.

    Academic text (2003)

  • The third part is the claim by the Shelby County Commission that the formation of municipal school districts in the suburbs violates the U.S. Constitution because they would racially resegregate public schools in Shelby County.

    Blog text (9)

  • Many cities in the United States have begun to resegregate their public schools after years of integration.

Synonyms

to segregate
vsto resegregate
  • Offensive
67 6.8

To keep people apart and treat them differently because of race, religion, or gender

separates people again after they were previously mixed or integrated

Antonyms

to integrate
75 4.1

To become part of a larger group and take part in its life

How Segregated

to resegregate
1 9.1
to segregate
22 6.8
to integrate
75 4.1

Surface Forms

resegregate infinitive
resegregated past
resegregated past participle
resegregating present participle
resegregates third person singular

Morphology

resegregate = segregate (transparent) = re + segregate

The prefix 're-' straightforwardly marks repetition of the action expressed by 'segregate'.

Etymology

Resegregate comes from the part re- 'again' and segregate 'to separate', and segregate shares its root with congregate, which is about a 'flock' or group. So resegregate means people or communities move back into separate groups, or are divided again.