DE FACTO SEGREGATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does de facto segregation mean? 

• DE FACTO SEGREGATION (noun)
  The noun DE FACTO SEGREGATION has 1 sense:

1. segregation (especially in schools) that happens in fact although not required by law

  Familiarity information: DE FACTO SEGREGATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DE FACTO SEGREGATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Segregation (especially in schools) that happens in fact although not required by law

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("de facto segregation" is a kind of...):

segregation; separatism (a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups)