desegregation.

The removal or ending of an established segregation between social groups.

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Words that belong together

• school desegregation
• desegregation policy

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School desegregation changed admission arrangements but did not remove every barrier to participation.

The desegregation policy was evaluated through actual access as well as its formal terms.

Usage notes

Primary category: economics / business / social science. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: social explanation, distributional analysis, population description, concept distinction. Disciplines: social science, economics, public policy. Commonness: moderately common.