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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The act or process of eliminating segregation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: integration, integrating
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Broader terms: group action
History
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.
