desegregation

noun

de·​seg·​re·​ga·​tion (ˌ)dē-ˌse-gri-ˈgā-shən How to pronounce desegregation (audio)
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1
: the state of being desegregated
2
: the action or an instance of desegregating

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The Justice Department moved to terminate more than a dozen decades-old school desegregation cases without asking the court first to review whether the district successfully ended its past discriminatory practices, a watchdog group has found. — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 The New York Times covered some of his desegregation efforts in 1867. — Timothy Welbeck, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2026 The Waterbury case was an outlier as most of the desegregation cases had been filed decades ago in the South, including 15 in Georgia, 13 in Mississippi, 11 in Louisiana, five in Alabama, and five in Florida. — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026 From labor struggles and lynching to desegregation, Murray served as the ethical voice of reason, directing Roosevelt to use her immensely powerful position on behalf of righteous causes. — Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for desegregation

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First Known Use

1931, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of desegregation was in 1931

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desegregation

noun
de·​seg·​re·​ga·​tion dē-ˌse-grə-ˈgā-shən How to pronounce desegregation (audio)
1
: the action or an instance of desegregating
2
: the state of being desegregated

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