DESEGREGATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does desegregation mean? 

• DESEGREGATION (noun)
  The noun DESEGREGATION has 1 sense:

1. the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community

  Familiarity information: DESEGREGATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DESEGREGATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

desegregation; integrating; integration

Hypernyms ("desegregation" is a kind of...):

group action (action taken by a group of people)

Derivation:

desegregate (open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups)