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单词 desegregate
释义

desegregatev.

/diːˈsɛɡrɪɡeɪt/
Etymology: < de- prefix 2a + segregate v.
transitive. To reunite (persons, classes, races, etc.) hitherto segregated; esp. (originally U.S.) to abolish racial segregation in schools and other institutions.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social attitudes > racial attitudes > [verb (transitive)] > discriminate against or segregate > abolish segregation
desegregate1953
normalize1976
1953 Life (U.S.) 13 July 36/1 It is hoped that this decision of the court will help to desegregate the white movie theaters.
1958 Listener 12 June 966/1 He looked forward to a day when the schools [in Rhodesia] might possibly be desegregated.
1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Aug. 491/4 The citizens of Little Rock, after a year's closure of Central High, decided that even desegregated education was better than none.

Derivatives

desegreˈgation n. such reunion or abolition.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social attitudes > racial attitudes > [noun] > racism > segregation or discrimination > abolition of segregation
desegregation1952
1952 N.Y. Times 14 Dec. E9/2 A ‘statement of experts’..has been filed in behalf of the NAACP, citing the ‘effects of segregation and the consequences of de-segregation’.
1959 Manch. Guardian 8 Aug. 5/1 The statement demands eight years compulsory education for African children and immediate desegregation.
1969 Daily Tel. 20 Oct. 20/7 A widespread movement by White parents to beat school desegregation in the Deep South.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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