Definition

1. Noun:
   • The process of ending racial or religious segregation: Desegregation refers to the action or policy of eliminating laws, practices, or systems that separate people based on race, ethnicity, or religion, especially in public facilities, schools, and communities.
   • Integration into a community: It specifically denotes the action of incorporating a previously excluded racial or religious group into the general community, granting them equal access and rights.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The desegregation of public schools was a major goal of the Civil Rights Movement.
  • The new law mandated the desegregation of all city buses and transportation services.
  • Community leaders worked tirelessly to promote the peaceful desegregation of the neighborhood.

Advanced Usage

• "Court-ordered desegregation": Desegregation that is mandated by a judicial ruling.

  • The city implemented a busing program as part of the court-ordered desegregation of its school district.

• "To achieve desegregation": To successfully bring about the end of segregation.

  • The policy aimed to achieve desegregation through legislative reform and public education.

Variants and Related Words

• Desegregate (verb): To end segregation in; to open to all races or groups.

  • The university worked to desegregate its student housing.

• Segregation (noun): The enforced separation of different racial groups in a country, community, or establishment. (This is the opposite state or practice that desegregation seeks to end).

Synonyms

• Integration: The process of bringing people of different races or groups together into equal participation in society.
• Inclusion: The action or state of including or being included within a group or structure.

Antonyms

• Segregation: The act of setting someone or something apart from others.
• Apartheid: (Specifically) A policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race, historically in South Africa.

Noun

1. the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community