Meanings
present singular third person desegregates · participle present desegregating · participle past desegregated · past desegregated
- transitiveTo end the segregation of (something).
During the 1960 Christmas vacation holiday, John and I decided on our own to desegregate a Greyhound bus in Nashville. That was before the Freedom Rides.
2020 July 18, Bernard Lafayette Jr., “The First Time John Lewis and I Integrated the Buses”, in New York Times1 more example
What was the goal of the "swim-ins" held in St. Augustine? In 1964, black Americans were eager to desegregate Florida beaches. They targeted St. Augustine during the city's 300th year celebration.
2005, James J. Raciti, Ask about Florida, page 86
Synonyms & antonyms
verbopen (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Englishde-
- Englishsegregate
- Englishdesegregate
Translations
Italian abolire la segregazione
- abolire la segregazioneremove segregation
Portuguese abolir a segregação, dessegregar
- abolir a segregaçãoremove segregation
- dessegregarremove segregation
Swedish desegregera
- desegregeraremove segregation
Cite this entry
desegregate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desegregate
“desegregate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desegregate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “desegregate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desegregate.
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