outsegregate
outsegregate verb: to promote or follow a more segregationist policy than.
Verb
outsegregate (third-person singular simple present outsegregates, present participle outsegregating, simple past and past participle outsegregated)
- To promote or follow a more segregationist policy than.
- […] not all Chicago Negroes were exactly pining away for integration. Certainly the Black Muslims, with their passion for a Negro apartheid, were championing a separatist movement that practically outsegregated the segregationists.1968, Lionel Lokos, House Divided: The Life and Legacy of Martin Luther King, page 216
- These families tried to isolate their children from racial discrimination as much as possible by outsegregating the White segregationists.2005, F. Philip Rice, Kim Gale Dolgin, The Adolescent: Development, Relationships, and Culture, page 56
Forms of outsegregate
| third-person singular present | outsegregates |
|---|---|
| present participle | outsegregating |
| past participle | outsegregated |
| past | outsegregated |
Origin of outsegregate
From out- + segregate.
Words formed from outsegregate
Questions about outsegregate
- What does outsegregate mean?
- Outsegregate means to promote or follow a more segregationist policy than.
- What part of speech is outsegregate?
- Outsegregate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of outsegregate?
- The past tense of outsegregate is outsegregated.
Words near outsegregate in the dictionary
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