anti-integration
adjective
an·ti-in·te·gra·tion
ˌan-tē-ˌin-tə-ˈgrā-shən 
ˌan-tī-
ˌan-tī-
: characterized by or expressing opposition toward integration and especially racial integration
anti-integration laws/policies
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Those callers said they were motivated by anti-integration sentiment.
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Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Many White parents objected, previewing arguments that would later be used in other anti-integration school campaigns.
—John Blake, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
The students became targets of anti-integration mobs, prompting then-President Dwight Eisenhower to deploy the National Guard to enforce the law and protect the students.
—Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2024
But during the period of Kasper’s anti-integration activism Ezra Pound was in the mix.
—Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
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Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Many White parents objected, previewing arguments that would later be used in other anti-integration school campaigns.
—John Blake, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
The students became targets of anti-integration mobs, prompting then-President Dwight Eisenhower to deploy the National Guard to enforce the law and protect the students.
—Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2024
But during the period of Kasper’s anti-integration activism Ezra Pound was in the mix.
—Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
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“Anti-integration.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-integration. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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