resegregation · noun — the state or process of being segregated again or in a new way. It carries an Arena rating of 1121, earned across 12 head-to-head judged battles.
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Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, resegregation ranks #1,557 of 17,171 for Scariest Words, #1,928 of 17,129 for Most Ponderous Words, #3,624 of 17,176 for Most Incisive Words, #6,508 of 17,188 for Words That Escaped Their Books.
Why “resegregation” is a great word
Resegregation is the process or state of returning to a condition of separation, especially in schools or public life, after a period of attempted integration. From the English prefix re- ("again") + segregation (from Latin segregatus, past participle of segregare, meaning "to separate from the flock, set apart"). Unlike the initial, enforced practice of "segregation," or the ideal of "integration," resegregation is the specific and systemic reversal of hard-won progress. It is the re-drawing of school district maps along fault lines of wealth, the silent, decade-long drift of classrooms back toward homogeneity, and the slow-motion ebb of a tide that once promised to carry everyone forward—a testament not to the explosive force of hatred, but to the patient, gravitational pull of old habits and history.
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Etymology
From re- + segregation or resegregate + -ion.
noun
- The state or process of being segregated again or in a new waye.g.“[…] the city would allow a self-taxing fund in certain areas to guarantee the value of homes against depreciation caused by such things as resegregation.” — 1988 January 8, Grant Pick, “A Plant Dies in Cragin”, in Chicago Reader:
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