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noun
the elimination of laws, customs, or practices under which different races, groups, etc., are restricted to specific or separate public facilities, neighborhoods, schools, organizations, or the like.
Related forms
de·seg·re·ga·tion·ist, noun
an·ti·de·seg·re·ga·tion, adjective
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desegregation
1952, Amer.Eng., from de- "do the opposite of" + segregation in the racial sense.
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