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Vinony

desegregation

noun

  1. process of ending the separation of two groups usually referring to races
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /disɛɡɹəˈɡeɪ̯ʃən/

name

  1. A specific period in United States history during which laws requiring racial segregation were struck down and the practice was deterred, beginning in the United States military during World War II and occurring in society in general from the mid-1950s.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English segregation English desegregation From de- + segregation.

  1. The act or process of eliminating segregation.