resegregate

verb

re·​seg·​re·​gate (ˌ)rē-ˈse-gri-ˌgāt 

resegregated; resegregating

1

transitive : to impose segregation in or on (a place or group) again

resegregating schools/students

resegregated the city

2

intransitive : to become segregated again

In many cities the schools integrated only to resegregate.

—Adam Fairclough

resegregation

(ˌ)rē-ˌse-gri-ˈgā-shən 

noun

… signed an order that he and school officials hoped would stop the resegregation.

—Roy Reed

Examples of resegregate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Even as America’s major metropolitan regions become more diverse, the country has begun to resegregate into more racially homogeneous neighborhoods. —Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Aug. 2021

More:45 years after Louisville's busing riots, could a proposal cause schools to resegregate? —Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, 5 Apr. 2021

When Wilson became president, the federal workforce was integrated; Wilson acted to resegregate it. —Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2020

Wilson's history as an American politician has been marred by his support of segregationist policies, including allowing multiple federal agencies and his Cabinet to resegregate despite being integrated following Reconstruction. —Fox News, 19 June 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1865, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for resegregate

• abbreviate
• accelerate
• accommodate
• accumulate
• acuminate
• adjudicate
• adulterate
• affiliate
• agglomerate
• agglutinate
• alleviate
• amalgamate