anti-integration

adjective

an·​ti-in·​te·​gra·​tion
ˌan-tē-ˌin-tə-ˈgrā-shən,
ˌan-tī- How to pronounce anti-integration (audio)
: characterized by or expressing opposition toward integration and especially racial integration
anti-integration laws/policies

Examples of anti-integration in a Sentence

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Phillips noted in a 2018 Scene column that a local rabbi and The Tennessean were both called by people claiming to be the bombers within minutes who revealed anti-integration motives for bombing the center. Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 23 July 2024 The students became targets of anti-integration mobs, prompting then-President Dwight Eisenhower to deploy the National Guard to enforce the law and protect the students. Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2024 But during the period of Kasper’s anti-integration activism Ezra Pound was in the mix. Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1946, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of anti-integration was in 1946

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“Anti-integration.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-integration. Accessed 7 Jan. 2025.

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