"abolish racial segregation" (in schools, etc.), 1948, back-formation from desegregation. Related: Desegregated; desegregating.
"the abolition of racial segregation," 1935, American English, from de- "the opposite of" + segregation in the racial sense.
updated on July 30, 2018
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