resegregated; resegregating
Definition of resegregate
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
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The first known use of resegregate was in 1865
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