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单词 anti-busing
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anti-busingadj.

Brit. /ˌantɪˈbʌsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌæn(t)iˈbəsɪŋ/, /ˌænˌtaɪˈbəsɪŋ/, /ˌæn(t)əˈbəsɪŋ/
Forms: 1900s– anti-busing, 1900s– anti-bussing.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: anti- prefix, busing n.
Etymology: < anti- prefix + busing n.
U.S. Now historical.
Opposed to the practice of transporting pupils or students of one racial or ethnic group to a school where a different group is predominant, in order to promote racial integration. Cf. busing n. 1b.Typically with reference to the transportation of black students to schools where most students are white.
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1964 N.Y. Times 18 Mar. 40/5 The anti-busing and anti-rezoning champions will continue to be subject to suspicion of unworthy motives until they accept the harsh fact that desegregation is unlikely to be an easy or painless process.
1971 Times 6 Nov. 5/5 The House [of Representatives]..adopted three anti-bussing amendments.
2011 G. W. Miller Uncommon Man v. 164 In the House, support for anti-busing legislation was stronger than in the Senate.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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